It\’s all about creating a brand Authors need websites dedicated to their work. This foundational building block of brand creation is essential in today\’s world where if you want your work to find an audience, you have to roll up your sleeves and do the bulk of the publicity yourself. This may seem obvious to …
Every author or prospective author needs a bio. Here’s what you need to include in that bio. Follow these six basic rules when writing an author bio: Write it in using third person POV. It should look like someone else is writing about you. List facts. No one cares about your aspirations. They want to …
Tropes in the Thriller/Suspense category—Philanderers Studying market trends by looking at my social media feed leads me to make interesting connections (at least in my head they are interesting connections!) I\’m bewildered by the overwhelming number of novels that focus on lonely desperate women who have been either dumped or widowed by philandering men. Is …
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Madville\’s First Official Conference The Other Words Conference was held at the University of Tampa, October 11-13, 2018, which turned out to be unfortunate as Hurricane Michael blew through the Florida Panhandle on October 10. This meant many writers who had planned to attend simply couldn\’t get there. Still, Tampa was unaffected, and the airplanes flew, …
Traditional Publishing versus Self-publishing The publishing world has changed dramatically over the past few decades. With the ease of self-publishing now, why would you even consider traditional publishing? The traditional publisher shoulders the expense of production, With a team of professionals at their disposal, a traditional publisher can produce a more commercially competitive product than …
