Laura VanArendonk Baugh's Blog, page 9
May 12, 2021
Serial Fiction: Let’s Talk About Kindle Vella (To Write and Have Written)
With Kindle Vella on the horizon, let’s talk a bit about serial fiction, some of the confusion and misinformation about Kindle Vella, and what we might look for and plan for in choosing our own applications and career paths. If you would like my very slick spreadsheet to calculate potential… Continue reading
May 11, 2021
Content Marketing! with guest MJ McGriff (To Write and Have Written)
Content marketing is my favorite kind of marketing — the marketing that doesn’t feel like marketing! Let’s talk with Margaret McGriff about how to use this in our branding. (If you haven’t seen my episodes on branding and marketing without selling, you might want to get those, too!) Find Margaret… Continue reading
Content Marketing! with guest Margaret McGriff (To Write and Have Written)
Content marketing is my favorite kind of marketing — the marketing that doesn’t feel like marketing! Let’s talk with Margaret McGriff about how to use this in our branding. (If you haven’t seen my episodes on branding and marketing without selling, you might want to get those, too!) Find Margaret… Continue reading
April 22, 2021
How to sell your own audiobooks and ebooks (not via Amazon or other retailers)
In today’s market, it’s critical to be able to reach your audience directly. Let’s walk through two options for selling audiobooks directly, for maximum control and profit, via Soundwise and Bookfunnel. Links! AppSumo deal on Soundwise http://fbuy.me/v/laura_10643 (includes $10 off AppSumo for new users)Soundwise standard pricing https://mysoundwise.com?lmref=dLrVgQB... http://bookfunnel.com/Bookfunnel and WooCommerce https://authors.bookfunnel.com/help/s... Voices ht...
April 21, 2021
Sensational: Havok Season Four
Friday is a pre-order party (join us!) for Sensational, Havok’s collection of sensory-related flash fiction. I have a story in here, too! But not just a story — a puzzle. My entry is a side story to the events in The Shard of Elan series, featuring the Silver Mage Elysia… Continue reading
April 19, 2021
Cover Reveal for Water: Selkies, Sirens, & Sea Monsters
The final installment in Rhonda Parrish’s Elemental Anthologies is coming, and today is cover reveal day! Let’s just get right to the fun part, shall we? I mean, selkies. Right? Right? Water is the most yielding of all elements, changing to fit its container, whether that be a thimble or… Continue reading
April 14, 2021
Yoshida Shōin –The Twenty-One Times Audacious Samurai
Today we’re getting a sneak peek at the new novel Rise from Amy Winters-Voss. I’m looking forward to the release of this fantasy in Japan, about a man trying to leave his yakuza past in a new rural town but getting entangled in local and supernatural events, endangering his parole.… Continue reading
April 9, 2021
Author Snapshots Workalong (To Write and Have Written)
Today we start to walk through author snapshots (and then chat about those and other marketing things). If you’re not doing a monthly snapshot, this is an easy place to start! Switchy.ioBooks2Read.comZapier.comSendy Video (from Twitch and YouTube): Transcript: Hey, good evening, everyone. It is Tuesday evening in my part of… Continue reading
April 5, 2021
Cover Reveal: The Secret Library, by MJ McGriff
Today is the cover reveal for MJ McGriff’s YA fantasy adventure The Secret Library! In this follow-up novel to Macario’s Scepter, your favorite treasure-hunting nun is back and on a quest to find a forgotten library — and she isn’t alone. You can preorder this tropical adventure right now at… Continue reading
April 1, 2021
The History of Ramen (A Worldbuilding Exercise) (To Write & Have Written)
How did a war for natural resources in Korea lead to a ubiquitous American college food? Let’s talk about how in real life everything is connected, and how we can use that to make our fictional worlds more robust, cohesive, and fascinating. Video (from Twitch and YouTube): Transcript: I can… Continue reading
