Ellen Meister Churlish. Mean. Difficult. Insensitive. When I first got the idea to introduce the acid-tongued Dorothy Parker to social media, I had no idea I would soon be using those adjectives to describe Facebook. It started in early 2011. I was working on a new novel that resurrected the great 1920s literary wit as […]

Turning Whine into Gold: 5 things readers want from novelists on social media by Kathryn Craft You may not have a book out, but if you have expressed on Twitter or Facebook your hope to be a published author, you have indeed begun a social media campaign. People are already reading your words on these […]

By Chuck Sambuchino Ah, platform. It’s that dirty word writers hate. It appeared several years ago like a bad dream — a word publishing bigwigs used to describe a writer’s ability to sell their own work through a writer’s social media, networking and visibility. The bigwigs made it clear: Writers would not only have to […]

Writers in the Storm welcomes Susan Spann, contributing guest for Part 4 of her Publishing Decisions series. by Susan Spann Thanks for joining me today as we continue our look at publishing paths and how smart authors choose between them. Last month we talked about “getting busy” with writing goals and business plans– because authors […]