Nancy Christie's Blog, page 72
November 8, 2016
Social Media Use Pre-Pub: Guest Post by Tara Lynne Groth
If you’re like me, you may have a love-hate relationship with social media.
You love it because it allows you to connect with readers and promote your books.
But you hate it—or at least, are frustrated by it—because it seems to take a lot of time and there is that nagging sense that whatever you’re doing isn’t as effective as it should be, either because you aren’t doing it the right way or you aren’t doing it at the right time.
Since I worry that I am failing at both, I always ask authors wh...
October 26, 2016
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October 4, 2016
Insights into the Writing Business: Interview with Editorial Director Jessica Strawser
When I was planning last month’s birthday book tour for TRAVELING LEFT OF CENTER AND OTHER STORIES, I reached out to people in thewriting biz in the Columbus-Cincinnati-Dayton areas, one of whom wasJessica Strawser.
Although we couldn’t get our schedules to work, she did agree to a virtual “visit” with me here at The Writer’s Place, to share some insights about the literary business, gleaned from her more than 15 years in publishing.
While Jessica is current...
September 28, 2016
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September 13, 2016
Balancing Act: Life as a Working Writer
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Every day I write, in one fashion or another.
When I’m sitting at my desk and when I’m sitting inmy car. When I’m washing dishes, mowing the lawn, shopping for groceries or (forgive me, God) attendingchurch on Sunday.
Yetwhile I may be writing all the time — something I want to do, love to do, have to do — I am alsoengaged in a balancing act, walking a tightrope between writing for clients at one end and writing my fiction at the other.
I’d love to be able to devote a...
