

6 Tips to Finding Beta Readers Who Are Also Writers
Where do your fellow writers hang out? It’s much easier these days to establish communication with other writers. I remember back in the...


4 Qualities of Beta Readers
Each individual author probably needs a particular kind of beta reader, or more than one. In broad terms, you probably need at least one...

Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...


The Beauty of Beta Readers
So you’ve written a book and you want to get it published. Chances are, if you are like 90% of writers, no one has read your finished...


Two Key Tips About Public Speaking
Here’s a paradox: I have a reputation for being a fabulous public speaker - but I loathe speaking in public. If any circumstance arises...


Why Market?
All of the things discussed in this series about marketing - incompleteness, the Zeigarnik Effect, blurbs, pitches, cover designs and all...