FOR THE CAUSE: Guest blogged today (4/25/2013) at WhereWritersWin.com For the Cause: Indie Publishing and Affinity Marketing One of the hardest things for me to do as an independently published author (a.k.a. “self-published”) is to hawk my own books. Yes, I know that every author, even those published by traditional presses, must market, market, market,...Read More
Publishing makes a writer an author March 29, 2013 By Mary Hutchings Reed This is my 12th column in this space, the month when those who’ve been following the page-a-day program are finishing your first drafts (you are, aren’t you?) and dreaming of your appearance on Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 and The New York Times Best...Read More
Have a new date for the publication of “Warming Up” by She Writes Press, now set for March 1, 2013. This gives me some additional time to make a plan for promotion of this, my second novel to reach print. Promotion is essential to publication, because publication by itself is an empty reward. Without distribution and...Read More
Here’s the link to an interview with my literary agent, April Eberhardt, a real advocate for authors and a “literary change agent.” She’s the one who encouraged me to sign with She Writes Press for the publication of Warming Up this fall.Read More
In January, 2012, I repriced the Kindle edition of Courting Kathleen Hannigan to the oh-so-trendy 99 cents and got a great bump in sales—up to 11 from the 4 the month before and 11 for all of 2011. Well, ok, this is a “backlist” book, having first been published in paperback in 2007 (three quarters...Read More
I just made 30+ minor edits to Warming Up, the novel which will be published by She Writes Press in the fall. This is after my agent sent her 30+ “pick-ups” over the weekend–little things like commas, and extra spaces, and the occasional clunker of a word. This, after the thing has been read word-for-word...Read More
