Taking it to the Next Level; the Platform Building Class

1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | August 16, 2010

Tamera Lynn, Author
by Tamera Lynn
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist
Copyright © 2010 Tamera Lynn

In May, I had the privilege to be one of the first students of Platform Building 101, by Jacquie Rogers and Ann Charles.  Until then, like many writers, I was under the impression “if you write it, they will read.”  Not so.  Name [...]

What Do You Want from Us?

Ann Charles | June 2, 2010

Ann Charles, 1st Turning Point Co-Captain & Author
by Ann Charles
1st Turning Point Co-Captain
Copyright © 2010 Ann Charles
Once upon a time, Jacquie Rogers and I had the bright idea to start a website based on promotion and marketing. We wanted to help authors learn all about promotion through sharing and teaching. We’d searched high and low [...]

Marketing for Newbies

1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | December 10, 2009

The reality is that authors have to promote their work no matter who they publish with. Where to begin?

An Interview with Christina Katz: Part 3—The Wrap Up

1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | August 20, 2009

by Christina Katz
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist
Copyright © 2009 Christina Katz

Christina Katz is the author of Get Known Before the Book Deal, Use Your Personal Strengths to Grow an Author Platform, Writer Mama, and How to Raise a Writing Career Alongside Your Kids (Writer’s Digest Books).

(To read the first two parts of this interview, check out [...]

An Interview with Christina Katz: Part 2—Get Known Before the Book Deal

1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | August 13, 2009

by Christina Katz
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist
Copyright © 2009 Christina Katz

Christina Katz is the author of Get Known Before the Book Deal, Use Your Personal Strengths to Grow an Author Platform, Writer Mama, and How to Raise a Writing Career Alongside Your Kids  (Writer’s Digest Books).

(To read the first part of this interview, check out An [...]

An Interview with Christina Katz: Part 1—Platform

1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | August 6, 2009

by Christina Katz
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist
Copyright © 2009 Christina Katz

Christina Katz is the author of Get Known Before the Book Deal, Use Your Personal Strengths to Grow an Author Platform, Writer Mama, and How to Raise a Writing Career Alongside Your Kids (Writer’s Digest Books).
Q: What is a platform?
CK: Long story short: Your platform [...]

How Not to Promote Yourself on Twitter

Leanne Shawler | July 31, 2009

I’ve seen everything from page count tallies to research requests to the current sentence in an author’s WIP.

Promotion for the Unpublished: Are You Really Ready to Begin?

Ann Charles | June 5, 2009

Ann Charles, Author
by Ann Charles
Copyright © 2009 Ann Charles

So, you’re an unpublished author and feel like you’re ready to start making a name for yourself. You have your manuscript in hand and you’re ready to leap into the promotion pool. But are you sure that you’re really ready to start swimming?
Ready to Submit?
Let’s start with [...]

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