Episode 15: Cidney Swanson, Good Story Grant Recipient
Marketing, Market, Audience, Novel Draft, Novel Publishing, Novel Submission, Nonfiction Publishing, ER/CB Publishing, Freelance Publishing, Memoir Publishing, Picture Book Publishing, Short Story Publishing Mary Kole Marketing, Market, Audience, Novel Draft, Novel Publishing, Novel Submission, Nonfiction Publishing, ER/CB Publishing, Freelance Publishing, Memoir Publishing, Picture Book Publishing, Short Story Publishing Mary Kole

Episode 15: Cidney Swanson, Good Story Grant Recipient

A conversation with Cidney Swanson, sci-fi author and recipient of the 2020 Good Story Grant.

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DIY Author Marketing 101
Marketing, Market, Audience, ER/CB Publishing, Freelance Publishing, Memoir Publishing, Nonfiction Publishing, Novel Publishing, Picture Book Publishing, Short Story Publishing Michal Leah Marketing, Market, Audience, ER/CB Publishing, Freelance Publishing, Memoir Publishing, Nonfiction Publishing, Novel Publishing, Picture Book Publishing, Short Story Publishing Michal Leah

DIY Author Marketing 101

You’re published. Now what? However you got your book out into the world, you’re probably looking for more readers. Here are some DIY tips for author marketing.

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Episode 17: Anna Staniszewski, Children's Author
Marketing, Market, Audience, Novel Draft, Novel Submission, ER/CB Draft, ER/CB Publishing, ER/CB Submission, Picture Book Draft, Picture Book Publishing, Picture Book Submission, Picture Book Idea, Picture Book Editing, Picture Book Outline, ER/CB Editing, ER/CB Idea, ER/CB Outline Mary Kole Marketing, Market, Audience, Novel Draft, Novel Submission, ER/CB Draft, ER/CB Publishing, ER/CB Submission, Picture Book Draft, Picture Book Publishing, Picture Book Submission, Picture Book Idea, Picture Book Editing, Picture Book Outline, ER/CB Editing, ER/CB Idea, ER/CB Outline Mary Kole

Episode 17: Anna Staniszewski, Children's Author

On this month's episode, children's author Anna Staniszewski chats about her path to publication, writing for different age groups, and what it takes to make it as a full-time author.

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Episode 4: Laura Elliott, Ghostwriter
Marketing, Market, Audience, Memoir Publishing, Nonfiction Publishing, Memoir Draft, Nonfiction Draft, Nonfiction Outline, Memoir Outline, Memoir Idea, Nonfiction Idea Mary Kole Marketing, Market, Audience, Memoir Publishing, Nonfiction Publishing, Memoir Draft, Nonfiction Draft, Nonfiction Outline, Memoir Outline, Memoir Idea, Nonfiction Idea Mary Kole

Episode 4: Laura Elliott, Ghostwriter

A podcast interview with ghostwriter Laura Elliott, all about deep research, finding inspiration from various sources, and telling stories … even other people’s.

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Anthropomorphic Animals In Children's Fiction
Market, Audience, Picture Book Draft, Picture Book Idea, ER/CB Draft, ER/CB Idea Mary Kole Market, Audience, Picture Book Draft, Picture Book Idea, ER/CB Draft, ER/CB Idea Mary Kole

Anthropomorphic Animals In Children's Fiction

Anthropomorphic animals in children’s fiction are common, but are these characters the best approach when you’re writing for young readers? Let’s talk about this popular topic for children’s writers by defining what an anthropomorphic animal is.

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Posting Writing Online
Community, Market, Audience, ER/CB Publishing, Freelance Publishing, Memoir Publishing, Nonfiction Publishing, Novel Publishing, Picture Book Publishing, Short Story Publishing Mary Kole Community, Market, Audience, ER/CB Publishing, Freelance Publishing, Memoir Publishing, Nonfiction Publishing, Novel Publishing, Picture Book Publishing, Short Story Publishing Mary Kole

Posting Writing Online

Should you post your writing online to attract attention? What are the risks and benefits? Learn all about posting writing online with this video.

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What Readers Want
Audience, Freelance Publishing, ER/CB Publishing, Memoir Publishing, Nonfiction Publishing, Novel Publishing, Picture Book Publishing, Short Story Publishing Mary Kole Audience, Freelance Publishing, ER/CB Publishing, Memoir Publishing, Nonfiction Publishing, Novel Publishing, Picture Book Publishing, Short Story Publishing Mary Kole

What Readers Want

A short, information-packed writing class on what readers want. It's simple. By thinking about what readers want from their stories, writers can harness the power of reader emotion to write amazing stories, novels, screenplays, picture books, poems, and more.

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Put Your Words Down, Flip Them, and Reverse Them: Writing Your Memoir in Reverse Chronology
Audience, Craft, Writing, Memoir Draft, Memoir Editing, Memoir Outline Joiya Morrison-Efemini Audience, Craft, Writing, Memoir Draft, Memoir Editing, Memoir Outline Joiya Morrison-Efemini

Put Your Words Down, Flip Them, and Reverse Them: Writing Your Memoir in Reverse Chronology

If you’re writing a memoir, you have to write your life events exactly the way they happened—but you don’t have to write them in order! Give your readers a backwards walk through your remarkable life with reverse chronology.

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