Author Promotion
From Jane Austen to Jane Jetson – Making Yourself At Home Online with Pamela Mason
I’m happy to welcome Pamela Mason to the RU campus! I met Pamela last year through her on-line group, 5 a.m. Writers. Today, Pamela talks about finding your comfort zone in the ever changing world of [...]
Why Goodreads is Now an Essential Part of Author’s Social Media Plans by Oliver Rhodes
Welcome back Oliver Rhodes! Today Oliver leads us through the jungle of Goodreads – authors take note! Why Goodreads is now an essential part of your author social media strategy: and what to do about [...]
A Five Author Street Team = Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen? A Recipe for Success, by Tracy March
You can take your pick of online dictionaries on the web, but I like this definition of “street team” best: “A Street team is a term used in marketing to describe a group of people [...]
The 7 Components of Book Marketing Strategy by Jennifer Fusco
I heard Jennifer Fusco give a workshop at RWA Nationals and I knew I wanted her to come to RU. Then, I “met” her on FB and discovered that she’s not only smart and savvy [...]
All You Need Are Words, Right? Wrong! by S.A. Garcia
S.A. Garcia writes unique stories of M/M romance which span setting so a post-nuclear-apocolyptic world, fantasy realms of elven worlds and the life-after-death-experience. Today she is talking with us about what she has learned from [...]
Marketing For Debut Authors by Eleanor Elliott
After experiencing the excitement of being a debut author, there is one thing I know for sure. What is that one thing? For me, trying to figure out how to market my debut book [...]
Diversity in Fiction by IRMC Books
I have to throw the credit to Amy Atwell, a dear friend of RU, for the head’s up on this dynamic group of women who were banding together to create the one-stop shop for authors, [...]
Can I Get A Moment?
The writing community is a tight-knit group. We support each other, critique for each, squee at the good news, and consume pints of ice cream at the bad. But, the biggest thrill is watching a [...]
A Debut Author’s Journey with Laurie London: From the Call to Revisions
I don’t know about y’all, but sometimes I wonder if the long stretch of summer will ever be over. I find August to be a time of anticipation for the thermometer to drop below 100 [...]
The Skinny on Media Kits
We’re kicking off this week’s class schedule with a kickin’ lecture by Michelle Buonfiglio on media kits. If the idea of promoting yourself gives you a headache, Michelle’s savvy advice will be like super-promo-aspirin for your noggin.
