by Gail Woodard | Apr 1, 2019 | Book Marketing
Take stock of your assumptions and efforts for book promotion. Are you doing what it takes to sell more copies of your book, or are you sabotaging your goals? As a writer and a publisher, I talk to many types of authors every day. Some authors simply enjoy the process...
by Gail Woodard | Mar 17, 2019 | Other Topics
“When you cease to fear your solitude, a new creativity awakens in you. Your forgotten or neglected wealth begins to reveal itself. You come home to yourself and learn to rest within. Thoughts are our inner senses. Infused with silence and solitude, they bring out the...
by Gail Woodard | Mar 11, 2019 | Book Marketing
Who are you writing for? What do they want? How can you make your book an irresistible purchase? Before you write another word, it’s time to answer some fundamental questions, like which type of writer are you? Some writers write their book and then think about the...
by Gail Woodard | Feb 25, 2019 | Other Topics
Professional speakers command respect as well as significant fees to speak and share their knowledge at events like conferences, conventions, summits, forums and corporate meetings. How about you? If you really enjoy speaking to crowds and sharing what you know, then...
by Gail Woodard | Feb 18, 2019 | Other Topics
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always...
by Gail Woodard | Feb 11, 2019 | Memoir Writing
What is the story of your life? How will share your legacy with others? “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You,” wrote Dr. Seuss in his children’s book Happy Birthday to You! published in 1959. The book was always a...
by Gail Woodard | Jan 28, 2019 | Other Topics
Author and dog lover Nick Jans shares his thoughts on Sit. Stand. Go! Author Kate Titus is an experienced canine therapist who specializes in helping mobility-challenged dogs and their owners deal with the realities of day-to-day life. In Sit. Stand. Go!, her first...
by Gail Woodard | Jan 21, 2019 | Book Marketing
As a reader, you know there are a lot of great books out there. Some even have the potential to change your life, if only you knew about them and could be convinced that they were right for you. As an author, you want your own book to fall into that must-have category...
by Gail Woodard | Jan 7, 2019 | Book Writing
Three steps to making your first nonfiction book a success. Fiction books fascinate and entertain, but nonfiction books inform, instruct and inspire, as well as entertain. This is why nonfiction books usually sell many more copies around the world than fiction books...
by Gail Woodard | Dec 17, 2018 | Book Publishing
Publishers are not all the same. And that’s true of hybrid publishers as well. If you are an author looking to be published, then it’s important to know what you are looking for, and not looking for. Hybrid publishers have different strengths, different weaknesses and...
