Writer’s Tips – Best Book Promo Sites, Book Design, Writing Exercises and More!
Welcome to this month’s edition of Writer’s Tips with a great list of book promo sites, Writing exercises, How to pitch the media, How to choose a book narrator, Designing your book covers and more!
Best sites for Book Promotion by David Gaughran
Source: Best Book Promo Sites in 2020 | Sell More Books | David Gaughran
24 Fantastic writing ideas to get the creativity flowing
Comparables: Where Does Your Book Fit In? Searching for book comparisons by Carol Balawyder
Comparables: Where Does Your Book Fit In?
Three items writers dread – writing the blurb, synopsis and logline by Mae Clair at the Story Empire
Three Items Writers Hate to Write
My friend Doris Heilmann of 111 Publishing is sharing secrets from editors about how they want to be pitched and what makes them choose accept or reject
Also by Doris Heilmann, what you need to know about narrating your own audio books.
Nicholas Rossis shares the Kindlepreneur’s instruction on how to make a book cover
Authors Publish featuring 8 pieces of writing advice from some of the legends
8 Lessons From Legendary Authors That Will Improve Your Writing
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45 Comments
Stevie Turner
Thanks Debby for finding these tips. x
dgkaye
Most welcome Stevie xx
Marian Beaman
I admire all the research you do to promote authors. This is the very best list for beginning authors and those still in the marketing game. Thanks, Debby!
dgkaye
Thanks Marian. The marketing game doesn’t get old, but seems to change in between new books coming out. Always relevant. 🙂
Jim Borden
lots of great advice here; thanks for compiling it all, Debby!
dgkaye
Pleasure Jim. Thanks! 🙂
Amy M Reade
Great stuff here, Debby. I’m off to read several of them. Enjoy your day!
dgkaye
Thank you Amy. I know you’ll find many of them interesting. The loglines are one many of us writers struggle with. <3
Hilary Melton-Butcher
Hi Debby – once again … a great series of sites that could help us with which ever direction our ideas take us … I know if I was in this sort of position I’d be back here referencing some of your links – thanks … take care – Hilary
dgkaye
Hi Hilary. Thanks for your lovely comment. I like to share articles that I know my fellow writers will appreciate and find helpful. We learn through experience. Stay safe Hilary! <3
Colleen
Brilliant article on the book covers, Sis. Great and useful finds. Thanks. <3
dgkaye
Thanks Sis. I handpick them. I figure if they help me they’ll be helpful to the community <3
Sean P Carlin
Great compendium, Debby! The link on blurbs/loglines is particularly useful; writers struggle with boiling their story down to its elementals. I’ve had a lot of practice doing that in Hollywood — you have to know how to go into an exec’s office and pitch a project — but novelists, I’ve noticed, wrestle with this skill.
dgkaye
Thanks for stopping by Sean. And yes, I’m with you on how many of us (including myself,) struggle with condensing, lol. That’s why I found that article most helpful and wanted to share for others. So, thank you for sharing a link to your own experiencing. I will be over to check it out and hopefully some others may too. I know you’ve had plenty experience Sean, so I appreciate you sharing. 🙂
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sally cronin
Thanks for the great collection of links Debby very useful and will head over to check out…have ‘pressed’ hugs xx♥
dgkaye
Hi. Sal. Thank you my Lovely. Some good finds for sure! <3 And thanks again for sharing Sal <3 xx
Toni Pike
Hi Debby, Thanks so much for all this great advice. A fabulous guide to covers, and also writing the dreaded blurb. Toni x
dgkaye
My pleasure Toni! <3
carol Balawyder
Thank you, Debby, for all these helpful tips and thanks for including my post on comparables along with all the other interesting writing advice. <3
dgkaye
You are most welcome Carol. Your article resonated with me, so I hope it does the same with others. <3
Norah Colvin
Wow! What a great collection of useful advice, Debby. Thanks so much for collecting it all here. There are quite a few I need to read.
dgkaye
Thanks Norah. I try to feature the most pertinent I come across for my fellow writing friends. Glad you were impressed 🙂 x
Norah Colvin
You never cease to impress and amaze me, Debby. 💖
dgkaye
Aw shucks Norah <3
Jan Sikes
These are fantastic resources, Debby! I’ve pinned them for future reference. Thank you for sharing!
dgkaye
Fantastic Jan. Great idea to pin or bookmark! 🙂 x
Natalie Ducey
Thanks for another awesome share, Debby! 🙂
dgkaye
My pleasure Natalie <3
Diana Peach
Well, I guess I know what I’m doing for the next hour or two. Lol. Great selection of posts, Debby. Such wonderful advice and wisdom out here for writers. Thanks for sharing!
dgkaye
Oh thanks Diana. I do my best to only feature what I feel is most helpful for us writers. Enjoy! <3
Jacqui
Great list. I especially liked Carol’s.
dgkaye
Thanks Jacqui. Enjoy! 😉
Rob Goldstein
Thank you, Debby.
dgkaye
Hi Rob, my pleasure. Enjoy! 🙂
Olga Núñez Miret
Thanks for these great resources, Debby. I’ll save them and check them out. Keep safe!
dgkaye
You are most welcome Olga. You too, keep safe my friend. <3
Nicholas C. Rossis
Many thanks for the great links – and for the kind mention 🙂
dgkaye
My pleasure Nicholas. Thank you! 🙂
Pamela
Wow-I’m going to do one of these links a day. So much great information. As always, thank you thank you! 🙏
dgkaye
My pleasure Pam. Come back any time 🙂 x
Vashti Q
Thanks for these fabulous resources, Debby. There are so many great articles here. <3 xo
dgkaye
You are welcome Vashti. Enjoy! <3
Liesbet
Fantastic compilation of resources, Debby! It’ll take me a while to check them out – many are extremely relevant to me this month. 🙂
dgkaye
Many are relevant to book construction and publishing, so yes, they would be handy for you at this point. <3