The secret to building an effective author platform is something you might have overlooked.
The secret to building an effective author platform is something you might have overlooked.
The secret to building an effective author platform is something you might have overlooked.
While social media can help you increase your author platform, bylines, blogs, and newsletters can help you build a fanbase that might promote your work.
All writers need a virtual presence. Let’s talk about how you can create an online platform.
If you’ve told one person you’re a writer, you have an author platform. Now ask yourself are how big do you want it to be, and how you’ll grow it?
A great author platform is broad in scope and leverages your strengths. It should be fun to work on and help you authentically engage with other people.
Building and nurturing your writing community might seem scary, but it’s like eating your vegetables. It’s something you need to sustain creative health.
Studies have shown that reading, and in particular reading stories, helps us build our empathy. One way to do this is by supporting Black-owned bookstores and reading books by authors of color.
For your author friends to get noticed, Amazon and Goodreads reviews are essential for three very important reasons.
I’ve decided to make my Week 2 #Giveaway4Good Challenge all about independent bookstores and the writers who grace their shelves.
A writing conference may be your first professional networking opportunity. Studying a gracious college gave me several tricks I could use to schmooze like a pro, or at least operate like a less awkward version of myself.