tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82226092263893306452024-03-04T19:21:29.961-09:00The Self-Made WriterA teaching series for writersdebvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989656208841763294noreply@blogger.comBlogger210125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222609226389330645.post-50346230841245380632016-04-26T07:56:00.003-08:002016-04-26T12:17:48.434-08:00Looking for updates?Looking for recent posts by Deb? You'll find them at <a href="http://coastwriting.org/writers-journey-blog/">www.coastwriting.org</a>. She's also a regular contributor on publishing at the <i><a href="http://www.ipba-online.org/" target="_blank">IBPA Independen</a></i>t and on the craft of writing at <a href="http://www.49writers.blogspot.com/">www.49writers.blogspot.com</a>.<br />
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Thanks for reading!debvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989656208841763294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222609226389330645.post-2408312278573734252016-04-12T13:15:00.000-08:002016-04-12T13:19:38.134-08:00Beyond the Book Launch: How an Author Exchange Can Expand Your Audience<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exchange Authors: Front row, L to R: Kitty Morse, Kenna Jones. Middle row, L to R: Susan McBeth, Debbie Moderow, Marivi Solivan, Marybeth Holleman, Deb Vanasse. Back row, L to R: Kaylene Johnson, Kathi Diamant. Camel is a longstanding fixture at the Moroccan-style home of Kitty Morse.</td></tr>
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suffers from too many readers? Um, no. One of the primary difficulties of
making your way as a writer comes in expanding your audience, especially after
the launch buzz for your book fades.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">With the idea of creating novel
opportunities for authors to connect with their readers, Susan McBeth founded <a href="http://www.adventuresbythebook.com/">Adventures by the Book</a>. In
addition to hosting “Meet the Author” events and book-themed travel adventures,
she’s piloting an author exchange opportunity as a potential component of her <a href="http://www.adventuresbythebook.com/authorpreneurs/">AuthorPreneurs™ program.</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">For the pilot, Susan chose three authors
from San Diego to host three authors from Anchorage, with her and I acting as
event coordinators and liaisons. From April 3 to April 8, the Alaska contingent
descended on San Diego, where they reached new readers through unique events
that Susan tailored for their books. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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experiences and social gatherings. In the company of their hosts, visiting
authors <a href="http://marybethholleman.com/">Marybeth Holleman</a>, <a href="http://www.kaylene.us/">Kaylene Johnson</a>, and <a href="http://debbieclarkemoderow.com/">Debbie Moderow</a> enjoyed warm hospitality,
enthusiastic conversations, culinary delights prepared by an acclaimed food
writer, and California sunshine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Susan arranged for the visiting authors, with the help of her assistant, Kenna Jones:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Osher Institute of Higher Learning at the California Wolf Center, including an
on-foot observation walk and an author talk by Marybeth Holleman <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Women’s Day event featuring Debbie Moderow and her book Fast into the Night<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Coronado City Library and the Carlsbad Library. In Coronado, attendees bought
stacks of books; in Carlsbad, the room was full!</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">“Striking It Rich,” a San Diego State
University Osher Institute of Higher Learning at Mission Trails Park, featuring
a one hour presentation by yours truly, followed by a gold-panning activity hosted
by the Southwestern Miners & Prospectors Association.</span></div>
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event celebrating the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service at Kahala Travel,
featuring a presentation by Kaylene Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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debvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989656208841763294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222609226389330645.post-55347479805257820662016-03-29T05:00:00.000-08:002016-03-29T05:00:07.135-08:00The Vulnerable Writer<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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nearly twenty years of writing and publishing, I’m also well aware of the
pitfalls of a writer’s existence, the cumulative effect of which results in <a href="http://selfmadewriter.blogspot.com/2016/03/keep-writing-or-quit.html">discouragement
and thoughts of quitting</a>, even for the cheeriest types.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">On many fronts, writers are vulnerable.
But this isn’t all bad. Yes, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Almond">Maslow</a> identifies safety
and security as primary human needs. But risk is inherent to creativity, and
when you put yourself out there, you’re going to feel vulnerable. Vulnerability
also has much to do with why we travel, putting ourselves outside our so-called
comfort zones. It also has much to do with why we read—on the page, we
experience vicarious vulnerability without compromising our safety. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Safety
and security benefit with individual, but vulnerability furthers us
collectively, as a culture and as a society. It certainly enhances our creative
work. “A big part of writing is developing the capacity to expose yourself on
the page,” says <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Almond">Steve
Almond</a>. Where we feel most ashamed, most vulnerable, we are also most
likely to connect with our readers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In “You and Your Characters,” literary
agent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Almond">Donald Maass</a>
urges authors to find the points of connection between themselves and their
protagonists—and to delve deep into these parallels by probing shared
vulnerabilities. “What fear is closest to your own darkest dread?” he prompts
writers to ask. “What decision has an impossible cost, a cost you’ve paid
yourself?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In a talk I gave yesterday at <a href="http://www.beachbooks37.com/">Beach Books</a>, I spoke of how
vulnerability works into two titles that, on the surface, appear to be quite
different. In the novel <i><a href="http://runningfoxbooks.com/shop/cold-spell/">Cold Spell</a></i>, a
husband leaves his wife and young daughters. Vulnerable and exposed, the wife
becomes obsessed with a glacier and the latent power bound up in ice, while the
daughter struggles with the vulnerability and power in her sexual coming of
age.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Because I write less from ideas than from
voice and character, I wasn’t thinking of any connecting points from this novel
to <i><a href="http://www.katecarmack.net/">Wealth
Woman</a></i>, the biography of a nineteenth century Native woman, Kate
Carmack. In subsistence cultures like Kate’s, hunting and foraging involve more
inherent vulnerability than in well-established agrarian or industrial
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The stories Kate grew up with were thus more about avoiding risks
than taking them. When we live in relative safety, we can afford to be
attracted to risk. Yet Kate made herself vulnerable for the sake of her
community, and her community in turn became vulnerable as outsiders stampeded
in search of wealth—wealth that on the surface would appear to bring safety and
security but which in many ways makes us more vulnerable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In my writing—and I trust in yours—these
ideas reveal themselves after the fact, as the characters, real or fictional,
spin themselves out on the page. If you want depth in your work, you can’t
afford to go easy on your characters. You can’t coddle them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I want characters at the end of their
ropes,” Almond says. “It’s far too late in the history of our species for
sophisticated poses.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
debvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989656208841763294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222609226389330645.post-67255952891414237692016-03-22T05:00:00.000-08:002016-03-22T05:00:21.298-08:00Keep Writing or Quit?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Discouraged by a year’s worth of
manuscript circulation, revisions, and rejections by the A-list of editors
selected by her literary agent, a friend is pondering whether to abandon what
has been up until now her life’s pursuit. She’s already had success with one
book and scores of short-length work, but the strain of trying to break through
with a second title is taking a toll.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">There are practical, logistical ways of
addressing her quandary—she could try smaller publishers, work on other
manuscripts, self-publish. But her larger dilemma presents itself to most of us
at one time or another: Do I keep writing or quit?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I’ve been at this a long time—next year
marks the 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the release my first major title, <i><a href="http://runningfoxbooks.com/shop/a-distant-enemy-a-novel-of-alaska/">A
Distant Enemy</a></i>. As is the case with most writing careers, it’s been an
up-and-down journey of successes, discouragement, breakthroughs, and missteps. I
can’t claim easy ways to decide how long any of us should continue to do what
we do, but there are important questions to consider:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Why
are you writing?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">
For authors such as <a href="http://www.marilynsewell.com/">Marilyn Sewell</a>,
writing is a calling. Others have a single project that needs to come out, and
once it’s released, they don’t feel compelled to continue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What does success mean to you?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> To address this
question, I suggest you <a href="http://selfmadewriter.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-successful-writer.html">write
for a few minutes</a> about the fantasies connected with your writing life If
in five years, each and every one of your writer’s dreams were fulfilled, how
would it all look, in terms of income, recognition, your body of work, and how
you spend their time. Then take a few minutes to consider each of those
areas—income, recognition, body of work, and how you’d be spending time—in
terms of what you realistically think you can achieve within five years. Through
this exercise, you can learn a lot about what defines success for you: money,
fame, awards, the work itself, the creative life. You may also find that some of
your ideas about what would make you feel successful are misguided—either
internalized from others or skewed toward factors over which you have no
control. When measured in terms of what actually matters to you, your writing
may be delivering success in ways you’re failing to recognize.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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continuum between business and art affects your level of satisfaction with your
work. Some writers love the business angle and insist that to be successful,
all must embrace it. But while it may be impossible to publish and get away
from the business part altogether, who says writers must publish at all? Some
of the happiest writers I know are those who don’t care about sharing their
work beyond a small circle of friends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for a particular project is strong, get it out in the world when you’re certain
it’s ready. But remain open to the possibilities for sharing it—<a href="http://selfmadewriter.blogspot.com/2016/03/whenand-howshould-you-publish.html">the
process by which readers find it may be different</a> from what you first
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would fill with other passions that bring you more joy, your decision is easy.
And bear in mind that no matter how long you’ve pursued it, writing isn’t your
identity if you can happily embrace the prospect of a life without it. There’s
no shame in abandoning a pursuit without having achieved every goal you’d hoped
for—that’s simply a fact of life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.debvanasse.com/">Deb Vanasse</a> is
the author of seventeen books with six different presses. For more on the
writing life, see <a href="http://runningfoxbooks.com/shop/write-your-best-book-what-every-author-should-know/">Write
Your Best Book.</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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debvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989656208841763294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222609226389330645.post-36750705000399008352016-03-15T05:00:00.000-08:002016-03-15T05:00:10.950-08:00Twitter for Writers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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doing what’s useful, helpful, and enjoyable for you—and that’s it. But I’m also
an advocate for keeping an open mind about which platforms will fit the bill. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In what seems like another lifetime, I once vowed
never to text. If I had something to say to someone, we’d have a conversation.
Then my son told me about some great photos he’d taken, photos he would have
shared with me if I texted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Photos? I was so dumb about texting that I didn’t
realize they were part of the package. I redrew the proverbial line. I’d text,
but I’d never tweet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Before long, I again proved the truth of that old
adage <i>never say never</i>. A fellow
writer convinced me to try Twitter, and I discovered it’s a great fit for me.
In five or ten minutes a day, I stay informed about what’s going on with
friends, fans, fellow writers, and publishing news. Unlike certain other
platforms (are you listening, Mark Zuckerberg?), what I see isn’t controlled by
algorithms—I make those choices myself. I can have multiple accounts under one
email address. And Twitter cleans up now and then, casting out scammy
followers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But to have a good Twitter experience, you have to do
it right. Here, some tips:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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started:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Go to twitter.com. Open your account, choose your
handle, which is the equivalent of your Twitter address. For most of us the
best handle is first and last name, or whatever variation of that isn’t already
taken. For instance, my handle is @debvanasse. In your profile, describe
yourself in 140 characters or less (and don’t worry – Twitter will tell you
when you’re over the limit, so you can adjust). Upload a photo of yourself
(lest you literally look like an egghead) and a background photo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and get followed:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> The best way to get followers on Twitter
is to follow like-minded people. That’s because if you’re an average person
using Twitter—not a celebrity, not a scam artist—there’s follow-back etiquette,
meaning that when you follow a person like yourself (not a celebrity, not a
scam artist), that person will likely follow you back. To find people to
follow, visit the account of someone whose interests are similar to yours, and
follow the people whom that person follows. You can do this quickly and easily by
using the “copy followers” feature at Crowdfire (<a href="http://www.crowdfireapp.com/">www.crowdfireapp.com</a>). <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Also use Crowdfire to unfollow people who don't follow
you</span>—some spammy-types follow and then unfollow as a way of ratcheting up
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the basics:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> When you post on Twitter, that’s tweeting
(not twittering, as you might hear others say, or twerking, which is something
entirely different, which we won’t go into here). You can put a hashtag (#) in
front of any word in a tweet to create a searchable term, and in turn you can
use the search icon (the magnifying glass), to search for what others are
saying about a topic that interests you, say #gardening or #publishing. Your
search results will show you which hashtags are most popular; for instance,
#gardenchat is more popular than #gardening, and #amwriting is more popular
than #writing. When you read a post you like, tap the heart. Twitter is all
about sharing, so when you read a post you want to share, you can retweet (RT) it
by clicking the icon with arrows. Everything you tweet and retweet will show up
in your feed, which others will see if they look at your Twitter page. To send
a direct message (DM) to someone, start the tweet with his or her handle (@).
When you mention someone (MT) anyplace but at the beginning of a tweet (or with
a period in front of the @ at the beginning – that’s a sneaky what to share
what otherwise appears to be private), everyone will see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lists:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> If you learn only one thing about Twitter, let it be
this: disregard your feed. Instead, make private topical lists based on your
interests, and only include in those lists people whose tweets you really want
to see. To make a list, go to settings (the gear icon) and click on lists.
Create your lists and then edit, manage members. Add and subtract from your
lists as you like; as long as you remember to make the list private, no one
will know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Post
only value-added information:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Posts are for sharing
information and thoughts that will actually interest people. Include links to
relevant sites and articles. Add photos for visual interest. If you want to
chat with a group, agree on a hashtag and include it in your posts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you like to post regularly, use a free app to schedule your posts:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
I use both Hootsuite and Buffer, each for a different handle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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seventeen books published by six different presses,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.debvanasse.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #708962; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Deb Vanasse</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>teaches
on topics related to writing and publishing. She also edits and coaches writers
of fiction and nonfiction. After thirty-six years in Alaska, she now lives on
the north coast of Oregon. For more social media tips, see this <a href="http://selfmadewriter.blogspot.com/2013/06/how-to-use-social-media-tips-from-pro.html">popular
post</a>. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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author gets top billing with a major urban news outlet. Sounds like fantasy,
right? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Last week, <a href="http://www.kgw.com/news/local/editors-picks/science-fiction-story-imagines-post-apocalyptic-portland-after-earthquake/66386057">KGW
Portland, opened 6 pm news</a> with an author reading from his recently
published speculative fiction, an unconventional short story set in the moments
following a big Cascadia earthquake.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Disasters—even fictional ones—tend to
pique interest, and people in Portland are understandably interested in a
seismic event that could potentially destroy their city, but there’s more
behind how this particular story got noticed. Author Adam Rothstein opted to
publish “Five Minutes” on Motherboard, an online magazine and video channel. The
first of a five-part series, the story opens on a page featuring an image that
undulates the way the land does during a major quake, an effect you can’t achieve
in traditional print or even in e-book format.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">For the IBPA <i><a href="http://www.ibpa-online.org/resources/independent-articles/">Independent</a></i>,
I’m working on an article called “Updates from the Digital Frontier.” As I
interview publishing experts, it’s clear that much conventional thinking about
when and how to publish needs to be refreshed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When the meteoric rise in e-book sales
slowed, sighs of relief sounded from many corners of the industry. Revolution
over, frontier closed. We could all go back to business as usual. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">According to digital publishing experts, nothing
could be further from the truth. When pondering how to publish, these experts
say, we should be thinking beyond the traditional book, either print or
digital. We should be thinking beyond containers. We should be thinking instead
about purpose and audience, and then about seeking the best means of reaching these,
regardless of how unconventional. Rothstein, it seems, did exactly that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_medium_is_the_message">Marshall McLuhan
asserted decades ago</a>—that the medium is the message—applies now more than
ever. But even as options expand, certain aspects of when to publish—and how—remain
evergreen. The ability to view your work with a certain degree of objectivity
is one indicator that you’re ready to think about publishing. Another is that
you have a good understanding of your audience and purpose, allowing you to
assess which formats and approaches to publishing will be most appropriate for
your project. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Long ago, we used to say that when you could
envision your book on a shelf, you might be ready to pursue publication. These
days, that visioning might not involve a shelf at all. Instead, the best way to
reach your audience and achieve your purpose might be via an app or an enhanced
website. It might even be a short story that turns up on the evening news.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">For
authors who want to know more about their publishing options and how they can
know when their projects are ready, Deb has written <a href="http://runningfoxbooks.com/shop/what-every-author-should-know-no-matter-where-you-publish/">What
Every Author Should Know</a> and <a href="http://runningfoxbooks.com/shop/write-your-best-book-what-every-author-should-know/">Write
Your Best Book.</a> She hasn’t yet figured out how to get these projects top
billing on the 6 o’clock news, but she’s working on it.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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week, I wrote about how <a href="http://selfmadewriter.blogspot.com/2016/02/websites-what-writers-need-to-know.html">successful
authors handle website development</a> and maintenance. This week, I’m
following up with tips about the e-newsletter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Authors
don’t have to have newsletters—or websites, for that matter. The only thing
authors absolutely have to have is a book. But if you want readers—well, there’s
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">An
e-newsletter does for your fans what a Facebook post does for your friends—it
lets them know what’s happening with you that’s of interest and value to them.
Social media is great for sharing news, but you have no control over which of
your friends or followers will actually see your posts. In contrast,
e-newsletters arrive via the inbox of each of your fans. If the news isn’t of
value or interest, those folks will let you know by unsubscribing, a feature
that by law must be included in every e-newsletter (and for that matter, in
every promotional email that’s sent to a group).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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platform:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">
When you create and send your e-newsletters via a platform such as MailChimp or
Constant Contact, you’ll minimize design time and maximize the benefits.
Analytics embedded in the platform will help you tweak your campaigns, and your
lists will be automatically culled of unsubscribers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tell subscribers why they’re receiving the e-newsletter. The best reason is
that they’ve asked to receive it, by signing up at an author event or on your
website. The next best is that they’ve indicated an interest in your work. Don’t
inflate your list by adding every person on your contact list. Keep in mind
that the ripple effect from a negative impression is ten times greater than
from a positive interaction. And don’t require a sign-up in order for someone
to access your website. That’s bad form, plain and simple. A sign-up tied to a
free offer for something of value works only if the content of the free offer
is closely tied to the sort of information you’ll be providing in the
e-newsletter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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drowning in information, so make so yours is relevant to your reader. The key
is to make sure it’s value-added—that the recipient actually benefits in
multiple ways from opening and reading your e-news. Less is more. Embed links
(to your website, preferably) for those who want to read more. And while social
proof is great, your fans will quickly tire if your “news” is just bragging.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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don’t care whether your newsletter arrives on a particular day of the week or
month, or even whether you send one each week or each month. The exception: if
you’re reaching a particular audience with particular information that might
otherwise be posted in a blog—in which case, you’re better off just offering an
RSS feed option on your blog. A big reason for sending a newsletter is to
remind your fans that you’re out there doing what you love—writing books that
they’ll love. If your newsletter’s hitting the mark, you’ll receive personal correspondence
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Vanasse</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>teaches on
topics related to writing and publishing. She also edits and coaches writers of
fiction and nonfiction. After thirty-six years in Alaska, she now lives on the
north coast of Oregon.</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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internet offers incredible resources for building an audience and promoting
your work. Without spending loads of time and money, you’d love to tap into
those that best fit your skills and purposes. But with so many options—and so
much confusing tech-speak—it’s hard to know where to start. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week, I’m slated to teach a workshop on websites and electronic newsletters,
two foundational strategies for every artist and writer. Whether you’re
starting from scratch or looking to refresh your web presence, here are some of
the tips and strategies for enhancing your web presence:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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traffic, content, and investment of money and time, take a considered look
at your current web presence and practices versus the presence and
practices you desire.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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hope to reach? What outcomes would you most like to achieve? The answers
to these questions should be the foundation of your web strategies.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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and newsletter with users in mind. With regard to text and special effects,
the “less is more” adage prevails. Choose a smart URL, link wisely, make
sure you’ve got good mobile optimization, and attend to SEO and SERP
concerns. Develop content that you can tap for multiple purposes. Make
sure everything is clean, correct, and up-to-date.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Guard your investment:</b> Don’t
let a website or newsletter consume inordinate amounts of time and/or
money. Secure your site against hackers. Avoid scams by never clicking
through on links embedded in emails, even those that arrive via your
website. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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your analytics, but study them periodically to determine which web
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<i><span style="background: white;">Author of seventeen books published by six different
presses, <a href="http://www.debvanasse.com/" target="_blank">Deb Vanasse</a> teaches on topics related to writing and publishing. She
also edits and coaches writers of fiction and nonfiction. After thirty-six
years in Alaska, she now lives on the north coast of Oregon between Astoria and
Seaside.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "palatino linotype" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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comedian quipped that romance can be a lot like school—eager, bright-eyed
anticipation succumbs to mundane and sometimes dissatisfying realities. Which
is not to say that romance—or school—should be avoided, only that a person
eventually needs to adjust her expectations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">A
significant subset of the population, writers somehow are wooed into the
intense and potentially frustrating enterprise of creating books. Seduced by
the idea of how wonderful it must be to publish, they can end up shattered by
the results.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Cling
to your initial expectations, and in all likelihood you’ll be disappointed. But
it doesn’t have to be that way. Just as you adjust to the realities of school
and of marriage, you can adjust to the realities of publishing:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Book sales won’t
make you rich:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">
Don’t take my word for it—check out the results of the most <a href="http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2015/investigating-author-publisher-dynamics-results-from-the-2015-author-survey/">recent
author survey by Digital Book World</a>. Of those who responded, traditionally
published authors who earned an advance on their last book reported the highest
net proceeds from the sales of that book: $5,000 to $10,000. Publishing through
their own companies, indie authors saw the next highest median returns from their
latest book: $500 - $1,000. Bumping bottom: solo authors, who reported median
returns of $0 - $500 on their latest book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Discoverability is
difficult: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Even
when publishers invest big bucks, there’s no guarantee a book will be
discovered. There’s a whole lot of noise out there, and shouting doesn’t mean
you’ll be heard.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Effort is
required:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">
Writing may be joyful, but it’s not easy, especially if you intend to do it
well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Writers support
one another:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">
Though the competition for readers is fierce, writers are a supportive bunch. They’re
also smart, and a lot of fun to hang out with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">For intrinsic
rewards, writing is tough to beat:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Analogies of romance and education again
come to mind. Money aside, the rewards are beyond measure—new understandings of
yourself and the world, deep satisfaction, contributions that endure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>Co-founder of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.49writingcenter.org/">49 Writers</a> and founder of the
independent authors cooperative Running Fox Books,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.debvanasse.com/">Deb
Vanasse</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has authored sixteen
books. Her most recent are <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Write-Your-Best-Book-Author-ebook/dp/B00RNQ6XKU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1423175689&sr=8-5&keywords=deb+vanasse">Write
Your Best Book</a>, a practical guide to writing books that rise above the
rest; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/What-Every-Author-Should-Know-ebook/dp/B00R95P3Y2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1420048125&sr=8-3&keywords=deb+vanasse">What
Every Author Should Know</a>, a comprehensive guide to book publishing and
promotion; and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Spell-University-Alaska-Press/dp/1602232423/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394921893&sr=8-1&keywords=deb+vanasse+cold+spell">Cold
Spell</a>, a novel that </i><i><span style="background: white;">“captures the harsh beauty of the terrain as well as
the strain of self-doubt and complicated family bonds,” according to Booklist.
Her next book, <a href="http://www.katecarmack.net/">Wealth Woman: Kate Carmack
and the Klondike Race for Gold</a>, comes out in April, 2016. </span>She is also a staff writer for the
IBPA Independent.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
debvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989656208841763294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222609226389330645.post-85527202996199445892016-02-09T05:00:00.000-09:002016-02-09T05:00:07.399-09:00How Writers Improve<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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popularized among English speakers by math teacher Jaime Escalante, ganas is a
desire so strong that giving up is out of the question. You get better because
you want it, badly. You’re desperate—so desperate that, paradoxically, despair
is out of the question.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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when we’re generous with ourselves—and with others. Who says a journey must be
fast—or easy? Who says progress must be linear? Who says we have to compare
ourselves with anyone else? The fruit of generosity is patience. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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really a word. But what I mean is this—when you feel stuck, it’s often because
you’ve ceded too much to the analytical parts of your brain. Those parts of the
brain are useful—really useful—but given too much control, they stifle the more
intuitive parts, where insights and breakthroughs happen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Openness:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> All around, we
have teachers—books we love, authors we admire. As we’re open, as we pay
attention, we learn from them, both by osmosis and by analysis. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in a place where the planting season begins in February, and I admit to being a
bit plant-obsessed. But honestly, the most ordinary plant has a tremendous
amount to teach us about resilience. The pretty green parts may be up top, but
the real work happens below the surface, in the dirt, where roots reach and reach
till they get what they’re after. Pruning (in reasoned amounts) only makes the
plant stronger. And under stress, it blooms and blooms and blooms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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debvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989656208841763294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222609226389330645.post-65023710549174290882016-02-02T05:00:00.000-09:002016-02-02T13:30:58.723-09:00Five Habits for Writers to Avoid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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that is learned is bound to be bad habits. You’re always beginning again.” W.S.
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We
have this mistaken idea that bad habits are the result of some weakness, some
character flaw. But our least helpful writing habits are more likely to result
from things we’ve inadvertently learned. That means there’s this good news—once
we’ve identified these learned behaviors for what they are, we can unlearn
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Comparing our
progress with others:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">
As writers, we’re each on our own journeys. None of us will move along exactly
the same trajectory toward exactly the same end. So while it’s fine to be
inspired by the success of other authors, it’s silly—and potentially
demoralizing—to expect our successes to follow theirs. In truth, some of our
most significant accomplishments happen on the page, in relation to our craft,
and these may happen in ways that aren’t immediately acknowledged by anyone but
ourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Making excuses:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> You want to
write, but you don’t have the time. Or you don’t know how to start. Or your
kids keep interrupting. Writing doesn’t have to be your top priority, but
should it really be your last? Alice Munro, one of the most brilliant authors
of our era, wrote her early stories while her children were napping. Even if
you can only write for ten minutes a day, that’s a start.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Getting in a rut:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> You keep at your
work, but you sense it’s flatlining—characters languish, story lines run on and
on, language sounds wooden. While persevering is admirable, it’s also helpful
to do a reality check every now and then. If you’re in a rut, come at your
project from another angle. Take a workshop. Get some coaching or editing
advice. Study a craft book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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editors see this problem all the time—writers have a good concept, but it’s
poorly executed. Or they have nice execution, but the concept’s not fully
developed. In either case, the problem is the same—the work went out before it
was ready. When you think you’re finished, wait. Days, weeks, even months. When
you return to the project, you’ll see the flaws, and you’ll have new
perspectives on how to correct them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Losing touch with
the joy: </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Beneath
the hard work of what we do, there’s the joy of discovery, of creating beauty
on the page, of engaging readers. If you find yourself losing touch with that
joy, take a step back. Allow yourself to write something <a href="http://debvanasse.com/read-write-portal/">just for fun</a>. It’s not the
destination that matters so much as the journey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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more on becoming the writer you hope to be, see Deb’s <i><a href="http://runningfoxbooks.com/shop/write-your-best-book-what-every-author-should-know/">Write
Your Best Book.</a></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In a pursuit—and an industry—that can be incredibly
inefficient, book proposals cut to the proverbial chase. They’re tidy and
focused. They get straight to the point—with millions of books competing for a
reader’s attention, is your project strong enough to stand out? <o:p></o:p></div>
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In traditional publishing, book proposals are how you pitch
your nonfiction projects to agents and editors. But parts of the proposal
process can be incredibly helpful to authors of fiction as well, and they can
also be helpful to authors who publish on their own.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A proposal forces you to think about how your book fits in
the marketplace. You shouldn’t do this sort of thinking too early in your
project—it can potentially stifle your best creative impulses. But at some
point, the market will bring itself to bear on the success of your book. A
proposal is a vehicle that allows you to successfully navigate the market.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Even if developed strictly for your own purposes, a proposal
makes you see your book as readers will see it. It’s your game plan for wooing
your readers, for courting them, for convincing them t how beautiful their
lives would be if only they gave themselves over to you and your book.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If you’re writing to submit to an agent or editor, there are
lots of resources to guide you through drafting the components of a convincing
proposal. Here, I’ll focus the three aspects of a proposal that every writer
would benefit from addressing. Much of this information comes from literary
agent <a href="http://bksp.org/2013/01/query-letter-workshop-by-jeff-kleinman/">Jeff
Kleinman</a>, who’s one of the best in the business.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Positioning:</b> In a
book proposal, Kleinman suggests devoting one or two pages to showing how your
book fits in the big world of publishing. Search for hugely successful books by
authors whose credentials, marketing reach, and style/angle/worldview are similar
to yours. When positioning your book, don’t concern yourself with the subject matter.
Positioning is about the ways in which authors like you connect with their
readers, regardless of topic. If you’re unknown, if you’re up and coming, seek
out authors whose careers have been catapulted by breakout books and discuss
(briefly) the ways in which you and your work are similar to them and their (incredibly
successful) work.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Market:</b> This
section of the proposal (2-8 pages if you’re actually writing a proposal) is
where you prove that <a href="http://selfmadewriter.blogspot.com/2016/01/book-marketing-whos-your-audience-and.html">you
know the audience for your book—and you know how to reach them</a>. You might
think of this as the Research and Development (R & D) phase, not for the
book itself but for the book as a project. Your goal is to prove that you're the best person to write this book, not so much from the standpoint of knowledge or craft but because you'll be its strongest advocate. Maybe you have a blog following, or
you give lectures, or your cousin who writes for a Big Name Newspaper likes to
consult you for articles that relate to the book you’re writing. This is not
the place to be modest. If you have no connections, no platform, then think of
your readership in terms of an author whose work is similar to yours. Hoping to
reach readers who love Jane Bestseller’s books? Figure out who those readers
are and how Jane reaches them, then lay out a marketing plan in which you’ll do
the same.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Competing Works:</b>
Where will your book be shelved in a bookstore? On those shelves, which titles
will be its closest competitors? You want to show how the book fits and, at the
same time, how it stands out from the rest. Without disparaging another author
or book, explain why a reader would buy your book instead of a similar title. Kleinman
suggests completing this sentence: “My book is the first book that…”<o:p></o:p></div>
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For more on how to write and publish your book, check out
Deb’s <i><a href="http://runningfoxbooks.com/shop/what-every-author-should-know-no-matter-where-you-publish/">What
Every Author Should Know</a> </i>and <i><a href="http://runningfoxbooks.com/shop/write-your-best-book-what-every-author-should-know/">Write
Your Best Book</a>.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Beginning
in the 1990s, two essential questions became central in public school writing
curricula. All over the country, young writers were asked to consider them with
every piece of writing they generated:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">These
are fundamental questions for every writer—so fundamental that they tend to be
overlooked by those of us who write professionally. Somehow, we think success should
be more complicated. But ask any agent, editor, or publisher. Though they may
use different language when they speak of these factors, they evaluate and
market projects according to audience and purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">There
are nuanced ways to answer the question of purpose, but there’s one overarching
purpose that agents, editors, publishers, and readers seek—they want authors
who write the best book they can possibly write. Yes, reading is a matter of
taste, but within various categories of taste (we call them genres), readers
recognize best books—those that stand out from the rest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Writing
your best book is so important that <a href="http://debvanasse.com/write-your-best-book-what-every-author-should-know/" target="_blank">I’ve written a whole book about it.</a> Claim
it as your overriding purpose and you won’t go wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Let’s
consider the question of audience. You’re writing because there’s joy in the
journey (no matter how crazy), because you love the discovery, because you
celebrate language and story. But you’re also writing to be read, and that
means you need an audience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When
pressed, many authors will say their audience is everyone. It might sound smart
to claim the broadest possible audience—everyone will buy this book! But that’s
not how it works. When agents, editors, and publishers evaluate a book, they
think exactly like everyone else in retail industries that can only <a href="http://selfmadewriter.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-sustainable-writer-whats-your-return.html" target="_blank">sustain themselves</a> when they connect consumers with products. They think in terms of
target markets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So
the question boils down to this: Who <b>exactly</b>
are your potential readers, and how can you best reach them?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When
you don’t take the time to address this two-pronged question and build
strategies around the answers, you’re going to waste a lot of time and energy on
all sorts of wrong-headed marketing. So grab a pen and paper—right now—and take
a few minutes to identify your potential readers—your audience strands—and the
best ways to reach them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">By
way of example, here are the results of the most recent audience strand
analysis I did for myself and my books. Note that in addition to identifying
each strand, I also consider the ways to most readily reach these readers.
Note, too, the benefits of looking at the strands in reverse. Certain outreach
activities may be targeting strands you don’t intend to reach—readers who’ll
never buy your books:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Friends
and fans:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">
The easiest audience to reach, these are also likely to be the strongest and
most consistent advocates for your work. They’re loyal, they love you, they
love your work—as long as you’ve achieved your purpose of writing your best
books. You cultivate personal connections with this audience—some are already
within your circles of friends and family, and the rest come into the broader
circle of fans as a result of meeting you at events, workshops, and
conferences. But let’s be honest here: it’s not just about meeting you; it’s
about genuine relationships and respect. To reach this audience, get out and
about, but make sure your interactions are ones that allow people to get to
know you and your work in meaningful ways. Simply pitching your books and
passing out swag to every reader you can nab at an event isn’t target
marketing—it’s human spamming. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Emerging
writers:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">
I blog about writing because I teach writers, I coach writers, and I write
books for writers. But there are lots and lots (read tens of thousands) of
writers who blog about writing because they heard somewhere that they should
blog and they guess (hope) that maybe their readers will want to know how they
do what they do. Truth is, it’s only when you’ve got a large fan base that you’ll
have a subset of readers who care about how what you do what you do. And even
then, most of them won’t be looking for how to become writers, so they won’t be
interested in generic how-to posts on developing characters or adding tension
to a plot. If writers aren’t your target audience, don’t waste your time
marketing your work to them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Frugal
readers:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">
E-book discounting has grown this subset of readers into a gigantic industry.
Many are voracious readers, often of genre fiction, who don’t like paying full
price for books because they read so many. Among frugal readers are also people
who live for getting deals on anything and everything—for them, half the fun of
shopping is getting a great deal, whether or not they’ll ever use (read) their
purchase. By reaching frugal readers through well-orchestrated promotions of your
discounted titles, you stand to gain social proof in the form of (temporarily)
elevated sales rankings with online vendors. Thus, outreach to frugal readers
may help you get noticed, however briefly. It might even build friends and fans
base—but only if you’ve written a stand-out book. Self-published writers in
particular make the mistake of pouring all of their energies into reaching this
audience strand, which is a fickle submarket at best.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Regional
readers:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">
Lots of us like to read about the places where we live and the places we visit.
Far and away, my bestselling titles are with a publisher that markets very,
very effectively to this market. To expand this readership even more, I stay
active in regional events and use regional hashtags in some of my social media
posts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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readers:</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">
Considering both the content and style of your best work, how would you describe
your ideal readers? Mine are culturally
and environmentally conscious. They’re concerned about what’s potentially lost
if we don’t have the sense to preserve it, and conversely, they value the
lessons we learn from history. They value love in all its complexities,
compassion, joy, and nature. They embrace books that shine in terms of
language, story, and concept. I connect with these readers primarily through
organizations, associations, and publications that cater to these interests and
encourage these sensibilities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“It
strikes me that in America we don’t much have a ‘sacred’ place or role for the
isolate artist any longer. Everything has been sucked up into marketing and
celebrity and the almighty commodity—so if you are a writer, you are meant to
sell something. If it sells, it has worth. But in my heart of hearts I just
want to sneak individual books into the pockets of sad people. Or stuff pews
with them! Because writing gave me a place to go and be and grow when I wanted
to give up. And I’d like to put my foot in the doorway so that others might
find this place too.”</span></i></div>
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Lidia Yuknavitch, interviewed by editor Rhonda Hughes</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Gig</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
is Geoff Nunberg’s choice for Word of the Year for 2015. In <a href="http://www.npr.org/2016/01/11/460698077/goodbye-jobs-hello-gigs-nunbergs-word-of-the-year-sums-up-a-new-economic-reality">his
commentary on the word</a>, he notes that our job-based economy is disintegrating
into a series of gigs that represent not so much freedom as instability. Juggling
gigs is a fact of life to those of us who make our living with the written
word—those of us who, like Lidia Yuknavitch, long to sneak our work into the
pockets of sad people. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The gigs are relentless—demands made by an industry,
by a culture, that can’t accommodate the sneak-to-pocket method of connecting
writers and readers. They come courtesy of your agent, your publisher, your
publicist, and your own oh-my-god-I’m-an-author-what-now research. Social media
gigs. E-newsletter gigs. Website gigs. Book launch gigs. The demands of wish-and-star
gigs that offer little of substance to sustain an author are among the reasons
so many give up the pursuit of their craft. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A radical alternative: Embrace the role of isolate
artist, expectations be damned. This makes for short-term bliss, the kind you
get from a stint at a retreat or a residency. Sadly, it’s not especially
sustainable. If you want your work to be read, the gigs keep on coming. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Another radical alternative: Take a cue from the
business folks. You know, like your publisher, who annoys you to no end with
concern about Return on Investment (ROI)—because your publisher is fearless
about the fact without ROI, you can’t stay in business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I know—we artists aren’t supposed to muck up our
creative brains with business-y concepts like ROI. But if we don’t, gigs get
way, way out of hand, and our writing life becomes unsustainable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Evaluating ROI is quick, easy, and potentially
life-changing for anyone who has (or wants) a career as a writer. Start by
listing all of your gigs—those you’ve undertaken and those you’re
contemplating. Social media, blogging, producing an e-newsletter, maintaining a
website, engaging with other writers, that sort of thing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Then consider what each gig costs (or would cost) in terms
of money, time, and (this one’s important) joy. Because if we don’t do this for
joy, what’s left?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After estimating the costs of each gig—on paper, not
just in your head—evaluate the return, in terms of the things that contribute
to <a href="http://selfmadewriter.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-successful-writer.html" target="_blank">your own personal measures of success</a>—money, joy, growth, prestige.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Your ROI analysis will yield surprises. We’re creatures
of habit, so we keep at gigs even when the results aren’t that great—especially
when we hear that you “have to _____” in order to succeed as a writer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When you factor joy as well as time and money into
your ROI analysis, you’ll make your own smart choices about each of your gigs. Activities
that yield little return for the investment will be trimmed back, modified, or
phased out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And don’t worry—you can evaluate ROI and still be an artist.
A smart artist, whose gigs are more about freedom than instability. A
sustainable artist.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">For
writers looking for a good Return on Investment, author Deb Vanasse is teaching
<a href="http://49writingcenter.org/Instruction/classes.php#Online" target="_blank">Craft Intensive: Masterful Writing</a>, an online workshop that begins <b>January 25</b>. </span></i></div>
debvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989656208841763294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222609226389330645.post-66800028850051457462016-01-05T05:00:00.000-09:002016-01-05T05:00:14.406-09:00The Successful Writer: Take Your Writing to the Next Level<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ah, the New Year. At its launch, we make our best stab at
ditching old habits and acquiring new, better habits that—with any luck—will
propel us toward our goals. For writers, that means taking our writing to the
next level—the “breakout” story, essay, or book.</div>
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Ah, but the fail rate. By the calendar, we’re still in the
honeymoon phase—research shows that the during first two weeks of the year, we’re
all in with our resolve. By February, we’re starting to slip. By December, most
of us are back where we started, or even further behind. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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It doesn’t have to be that way. “Making resolutions work is
essentially changing behaviors,” says Ray Williams, writing for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/201012/why-new-years-resolutions-fail">Psychology
Today<span style="font-style: normal;">.</span></a></i> “In order to do that, you
have to change your thinking and ‘rewire’ your brain,” a process that involves
the creation of new neural pathways through new ways of thinking. If you want
to succeed with your resolutions. Williams advises setting specific goals,
taking small steps, having accountability buddies, engaging new thought
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Easy enough, but also easier said than done. Structure,
guidance, and coaching make the difference between the best of intentions and
actually getting the job done—that is, taking your writing to the next level. </div>
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With this in mind, I’m offering a three-week online writing
workshop, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Craft Intensive: Masterful
Writing</b>, through <a href="http://49writingcenter.org/Instruction/classes.php">49 Writers</a>, where
I’m proud to be part of the 98% instructional excellence rating. Together, we’ll
work on developing new thought patterns to propel your writing to the next level.
After determining what that next level means for you, you’ll implement
strategies for honing your craft, and as part of the process, you’ll undertake
a guided study of the techniques used by the writers you most admire. </div>
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After a long hiatus from distance learning—it was one of my
specialties when I taught fulltime at the University of Alaska—I’m excited to
be involved in it again. I especially enjoying designing workshops that
integrate online learning with low-tech interactions, using ye olde phone lines
for sharing inspiration and ideas. And there’s this ulterior motive—while I’ve
happily relocated to the Oregon coast, I’m eager to stay engaged with writers
in Alaska and to meet new ones from around the country.</div>
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Together, let’s bust the Resolution Odds, building new patterns
to take our writing to the next level. The three-week online workshop begins <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">January 26</b>. Discussions by conference
call will take place on Tuesday evenings from 7 to 8 pm AST; recordings will be
available for those who miss the live events.</div>
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<i><span style="color: black;">Co-founder of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.49writingcenter.org/">49 Writers</a> and founder of the
independent authors cooperative Running Fox Books,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.debvanasse.com/">Deb
Vanasse</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has authored sixteen
books. Her most recent are <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Write-Your-Best-Book-Author-ebook/dp/B00RNQ6XKU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1423175689&sr=8-5&keywords=deb+vanasse">Write
Your Best Book</a>, a practical guide to writing books that rise above the
rest; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/What-Every-Author-Should-Know-ebook/dp/B00R95P3Y2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1420048125&sr=8-3&keywords=deb+vanasse">What
Every Author Should Know</a>, a comprehensive guide to book publishing and
promotion; and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Spell-University-Alaska-Press/dp/1602232423/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394921893&sr=8-1&keywords=deb+vanasse+cold+spell">Cold
Spell</a>, a novel that </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white;">“captures the harsh beauty of the terrain as well as
the strain of self-doubt and complicated family bonds,” according to Booklist.
Her next book, <a href="http://www.katecarmack.net/">Wealth Woman: Kate Carmack
and the Klondike Race for Gold</a>, comes out in April, 2016. </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">She is also a staff writer for the
IBPA Independent.</span></i></div>
debvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989656208841763294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222609226389330645.post-28765343197308753132015-12-29T13:37:00.003-09:002015-12-29T13:37:55.183-09:00Trends in Writing and Publishing: What to Look for in 2016<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It’s
that time of year when we feel compelled to look forward and back.
Individually, we assess the progress we made last year toward the goals we’d
hoped to achieve—you know, the ones in your business plan (writers, you do have
a business plan, yes?) as we draft new plans for the fresh new year ahead.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It
only makes sense that we accomplish all of that with a nod toward the context
in which we work—the greater world of crafting and publishing books. Of course,
there is always this caveat—none of us has a crystal ball. Still, there are
trends to be watched for. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
looking ahead, I draw on what I’ve learned from nearly 20 years in this
industry, working with six different publishers and three literary agents on 16
books. I’ve also benefited from my position as a staff writer with <i>The
Independent</i>, a publishing trade magazine, though the views expressed here
are entirely my own.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here,
in no particular order, are trends worth watching in 2016:</span></div>
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</b></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Balance:</b>
Digital sales leveled off in 2015, and print sales were bolstered by, of all
things, the adult coloring book phenomenon. In 2016, we should see balance that
restores, at least in part, a sense of normalcy to writing and publishing.
Expect a lot less hand-wringing and wrangling over who’s going to come out on
top. As many observers have been quietly pointing out for years, there’s room at
the expanded publishing table for lots of diverse participants.</span></div>
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</b></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Settling:</b>
As some of the frenzy diminishes, we can enjoy a more expansive sense of
purpose. 2016 may indeed be the year when authors and publishers and everyone
else in the industry draw the biggest collective breath they’ve taken in a good
long while, followed by a sigh of relief. At last, we can point ourselves back
toward our root. We can quit worrying ourselves to pieces over fluctuations in
the marketplace and focus again on our first love—creating great books.</span></div>
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</b></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Fewer
Players: </b>No matter how you publish, chances are you’ve experienced diminishing
returns in the past few years—lower advances, fewer sales, smaller checks. The
bright-eyed optimism with which many ventured into publishing during the last several
years has been tempered by the hard truth that our world is populated with many
more books than will ever find readers in numbers significant enough to sustain
their creators. Authors will continue to drop out of the business, and on their
heels will be many in the burgeoning author services industry.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>More
Personal: </b>No doubt about it—the Amazon behemoth is here to stay. But part of
Amazon’s success is how they manage to be big and small all at once by catering
to a customer’s individual tastes and desires. Authors and publishers may not
be able to beat Amazon at its game, but they’re learning that they can best
Amazon at its own game, interacting in more significant and creative ways with
their readers.</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>The
Unexpected:</b> In the Information Age, the same dichotomies that governed 2015
will prevail through the next year and beyond. Hyped trends (Star Wars, Go Set
a Watchman) are to the publishing landscape what corn is to an Iowa
interstate—an ubiquitous blur that threaten to make us forget why we came.Thankfully,
there’s always the potential for a surprise. For that reason if nothing else,
long live the coloring book!</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black;">Co-founder of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.49writingcenter.org/">49 Writers</a> and founder of the
independent authors cooperative Running Fox Books,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.debvanasse.com/">Deb
Vanasse</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has authored sixteen
books. Her most recent are <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Write-Your-Best-Book-Author-ebook/dp/B00RNQ6XKU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1423175689&sr=8-5&keywords=deb+vanasse">Write
Your Best Book</a>, a practical guide to writing books that rise above the
rest; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/What-Every-Author-Should-Know-ebook/dp/B00R95P3Y2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1420048125&sr=8-3&keywords=deb+vanasse">What
Every Author Should Know</a>, a comprehensive guide to book publishing and
promotion; and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Spell-University-Alaska-Press/dp/1602232423/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394921893&sr=8-1&keywords=deb+vanasse+cold+spell">Cold
Spell</a>, a novel that </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white;">“captures the harsh beauty of the terrain as well as
the strain of self-doubt and complicated family bonds,” according to Booklist.
Her next book, <a href="http://www.katecarmack.net/">Wealth Woman: Kate Carmack
and the Klondike Race for Gold</a>, comes out in April, 2016. </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">She is also a staff writer for the
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Earlier this month, I had the privilege of speaking with a
group of emerging and published writers at an event hosted by <a href="http://www.adventuresbythebook.com/" target="_blank">Adventures by the Book</a> in San Diego. Among the many smart questions posed by the authors in
attendance was one about how authors can make sure they’re working with a
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Here, several items to consider before signing on with an editor:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Check credentials:</b>
Editors on staff with reputable publishing companies have been vetted, but if
you’re hiring a freelance editor or paying an author services company for
editorial services, be sure to ask about the qualifications of the person who’ll
be editing your work. In emails received from people soliciting editorial work,
I’ve found punctuation mistakes and grammatical errors. Among freelance editors
hired by small publishers, I’ve come across those who don’t know the difference
between proofreading and line editing. A degree in English isn’t enough to
qualify someone as a freelance editor. A good editor should have experience in
all types of editing—developmental, line edits, and proofreading. Ideally, she
should also have publishing experience, and she should provide client
references. She should use a stylebook appropriate for the type of writing you’re
doing (<i>Chicago Manual of Style</i> for most
trade publications) and she should be able to explain the reason for every
suggested change. “A comma sounds right” isn’t a reason—there are grammatical
rules that apply in every situation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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works in stages:</b> If you’re working with a legacy publisher, editorial work
will progress in phases. If you’re hiring editorial assistance before
submitting or publishing, there’s no sense spending a lot of money on
proofreading when the big parts of the book—plot, character, structure,
pacing—aren’t yet what they need to be. Likewise, when it’s time for
proofreading, you don’t want a bunch of line edits that change the style of
your narrative. Developmental editing should come first, followed by line
edits, and then proofreading. If you’re considering an editor who doesn’t seem
to understand these distinctions, keep looking.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Beware editors who change
your style: </b>A good editor understands that it’s always your project. She
asks about—and pays attention to—the specific area in which you’d like help,
and she works to refine your style without changing it into her own. If you’re
hiring an editor, ask for a brief sample edit to make sure the editor’s work is
done to your standards and expectations. To prospective clients, I offer a
ten-minute sample.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Budget realistically:
</b>With legacy publishing, the percentage that goes to your agent and
publisher helps to offset the cost of their editorial assistance. If you’re
paying for editorial assistance on your own, you’ll need to budget at least 2.5
cents per word, or $50 per hour, for developmental editing and line edits. For proofreading
(also called copyediting), expect to pay 2 cents a word, or $35 per hour. For
my clients, I offer to bill either by the hour or by the word—whichever is cheaper.
From my sample edits, I extrapolate the cost of projects if billed by the
hour—because I’ve been editing for years, my hourly rate is usually
substantially cheaper than the per-word rate.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Get it in writing:</b>
Regardless of how they’re paid, good editors will explain clearly, in writing,
how their work will proceed. In either an email exchange or a formal agreement,
they’ll cover the scope of the project, timelines, and any costs that will be
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As a freelance editor and writing teacher, I’ve enjoyed working with all sorts of writers on all sorts of projects. Over the years, I’ve discovered there are four basic types of writers—and I’ve realized that at various times during my nearly twenty years of writing and publishing, I’ve fit into each of these four categories myself.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Which type of writer are you?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><b>The One-and-Done:</b> This writer revels in the draft, which she pursues with abandon, forsaking sleep, food, and family for the pleasures of freewheeling through her story, spilling words onto the page. Forget mere books—she writes epics, logging thousands of words in each writing session. All year long, she looks forward to NaNoWriMo, when she throws herself into the challenge of drafting an entire novel in thirty days. The One-and-Done is speedy, determined, productive, and wildly imaginative. She has no problem finishing her draft, but in the glow of her accomplishment, she’s prone to releasing her work too soon—and suffering disappointment when it isn’t well-received.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><b>The Winchester:</b> Remember the Winchester heiress who feared she’d die if she ever quit adding onto her mansion? Some writers suffer from a variation on this malady, writing on and on but never completing a project. Not uncommonly, these writers tend to share a subconscious fear of finishing, which inevitably invites judgment. In other cases, the author just isn’t sure how to finish, and so she keeps on writing and writing and writing and writing…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><b>The Wheel-Spinner:</b> This writer paces nicely through a project. When she hits a rough patch, she finds her way through to the finish, wisely seeking help wherever it’s needed. Recognizing the difference between a draft and a marketable book, she seeks advice on how to improve her project, then rolls up her writerly sleeves and attempts revision. But somewhere along the way, she gets stuck. She knows change is needed, but the means to accomplish it alludes her. Her wheels spin and spin, rutting her road to completion.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><b>The Sequoia:</b> This writer is strong and productive, but she started out like all other writers, as one tiny voice in a big literary forest. Hardy and adaptable, she learns, grows, and perseveres through the years. Criticism that makes others wither only strengthens her resolve. She stands tall yet acknowledges her dependence on a vital ecosystem of fellow writers, devoted readers, and insightful editors. She’s seen lean seasons and full ones, but by the time she’s old, you could drive right through her middle and she’d continue to thrive.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>As a freelance editor, <a href="http://www.debvanasse.com/">Deb Vanasse</a> enjoys helping all types of writers. Co-founder of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.49writingcenter.org/">49 Writers</a> and founder of the independent authors cooperative Running Fox Books,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>she has also authored sixteen books. Her most recent are <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Write-Your-Best-Book-Author-ebook/dp/B00RNQ6XKU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1423175689&sr=8-5&keywords=deb+vanasse">Write Your Best Book</a>, a practical guide to writing books that rise above the rest; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/What-Every-Author-Should-Know-ebook/dp/B00R95P3Y2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1420048125&sr=8-3&keywords=deb+vanasse">What Every Author Should Know</a>, a comprehensive guide to book publishing and promotion; and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Spell-University-Alaska-Press/dp/1602232423/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394921893&sr=8-1&keywords=deb+vanasse+cold+spell">Cold Spell</a>, a novel that </i><i><span style="background: white;">“captures the harsh beauty of the terrain as well as the strain of self-doubt and complicated family bonds,” according to Booklist. Her next book, <a href="http://www.katecarmack.net/">Wealth Woman: Kate Carmack and the Klondike Race for Gold</a>, comes out in April, 2016. </span></i></div>
debvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989656208841763294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222609226389330645.post-83294063995570421932015-10-06T10:02:00.000-08:002015-10-06T10:02:04.535-08:00The Successful Author: Making Change<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We humans are strange creatures. We crave routine, and yet in many ways, we’re inspired by change. As writers, we can tease out our best work by playing to both aspects of our creative selves.<o:p></o:p></div>
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At the end of my <a href="http://49writingcenter.org/Instruction/classes.php">Jumpstart Your Writing workshop</a>, I ask students to write down what will be different as they move forward with their projects—what they’ll allow themselves, what they’ll remember, what actions they’ll take. Among their responses are this yin-and-yang—creating “mini-routines” that get them into writing mode and also making changes that energize their work.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>Break free of the linear: </b>In our culture, we’re trained from a young age to think and work in linear ways, from beginning to middle to end. But especially in the early stages of a writing project, linear thinking inhibits creativity. There’s no reason to write straight through from beginning to end. Stuck in the middle? Jump ahead. Write key scenes from later in the piece. Write your ending. Then go back and fill in the rest.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>Switch up the way you write:</b> Writing will never be efficient, but with the advent of word processing, writers are able to work faster than ever. Still, typing has disadvantages. <a href="http://selfmadewriter.blogspot.com/2013/05/goodbye-cursive-why-ill-miss-you.html">Handwriting jars us out of the keypad-to-screen rut</a>. By putting pen to page, you can explore in more freewheeling ways. Visual activities such as mapping, illustrating, and webbing help you access the more creative parts of your brain.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>See your work differently: </b>When it’s time to revise—literally, to re-see your work—find ways to make it look different. Change the font. Load up the file on an e-reader. String a line across your work space and hang pages with clothespins. Spread pages out on the floor.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>Acknowledge the reader’s desire for change:</b> Part of what keeps readers turning the pages is their desire to vicariously experience change. Active readers enjoy anticipating how characters, setting, and event will activate changes in a protagonist. A helpful goal for a writer: By the end of each scene, at least one of the characters has experienced a change of mood, attitude, or direction. A slight change, perhaps, but a change.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>Refresh yourself with new perspectives: </b><a href="http://selfmadewriter.blogspot.com/2012/09/beat-retreat.html">Writing retreats</a> and residencies aren’t just about getting away from it all. One reason so much good work happens there is that changes habits and scene nudges us to think and see in new ways. Travel is wonderful, but there are other ways to shake things up.<a href="http://49writingcenter.org/Instruction/classes.php"> Take a writing workshop</a>. Join a writing group. Write in new places that are easily accessible from your home. Write in new places within your home. The bathtub? Sure. Just remember that water and laptops don’t play well together.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As I write this post, I’m in the midst of acting on this last point—packing up to leave Alaska after thirty-six years. It’s hard to leave the familiar, especially as wild and beautiful as Alaska, landscape on a scale that amazes no matter how long you’ve lived here. A place where the routine never feels routine, where even daily walks with the dog immerse you in natural wonder.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Alaska is also the place where I've grown into myself as a writer. It's where I've written all my published work (and a good amount that's unpublished). It's where I’ve enjoyed the generosity and warmth of the writing community at <a href="http://www.49writingcenter.org/">49 Writers</a>. A place where I’ve even built something of a reputation, with one Library Journal reviewer kindly referring to me as “one of Alaska’s leading storytellers.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Still, I’m excited about the new perspectives that come with relocating, a prospect I hadn’t entertained until a few months ago, when my husband suggested a move to the Oregon coast. Family and job prospects (his) are a huge draw, as is living within walking distance of the ocean. I’ll miss the Denali sunrises, viewed from my office window. I’ll miss the moose strolling through the yard. And I’ll miss my friends and writing colleagues.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Co-founder of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.49writingcenter.org/">49 Writers</a> and founder of the independent authors cooperative Running Fox Books,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.debvanasse.com/">Deb Vanasse</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has authored sixteen books. Her most recent are <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Write-Your-Best-Book-Author-ebook/dp/B00RNQ6XKU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1423175689&sr=8-5&keywords=deb+vanasse">Write Your Best Book</a>, a practical guide to writing books that rise above the rest; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/What-Every-Author-Should-Know-ebook/dp/B00R95P3Y2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1420048125&sr=8-3&keywords=deb+vanasse">What Every Author Should Know</a>, a comprehensive guide to book publishing and promotion; and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Spell-University-Alaska-Press/dp/1602232423/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394921893&sr=8-1&keywords=deb+vanasse+cold+spell">Cold Spell</a>, a novel that </i><i><span style="background: white;">“captures the harsh beauty of the terrain as well as the strain of self-doubt and complicated family bonds,” according to Booklist. Her next book, <a href="http://www.katecarmack.net/">Wealth Woman: Kate Carmack and the Klondike Race for Gold</a>, comes out in April, 2016. </span>A regular contributor to the IBPA Independent, her views here are her own.</i></div>
debvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989656208841763294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222609226389330645.post-30920021099703937662015-09-22T11:26:00.003-08:002015-09-22T11:26:57.022-08:00Author Tips for Success: Beyond the Book Launch<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good surprise, bad surprise. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Last week was the good kind. My husband brought me the
Sunday magazine from our local newspaper—we subscribe to the online edition, so
a hard copy is a rare thing around here. I assumed there must be something in
it he wanted me to see, so I began turning pages. Lo and behold, three pages of
the magazine were devoted to <a href="http://www.adn.com/article/20150913/samplers-delivers-fascinating-cross-section-alaska-writers" target="_blank">an article featuring and reviewing two e-book anthologies I</a>’d co-edited with author David Marusek.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If either of the books had been newly released, I would have
been pleased—of course—but not surprised. But one title came out half a year
ago and the other a year and a half ago. The reviewer spoke highly of both
editions as well as our authors’ co-op, <a href="http://www.runningfoxbooks.com/" target="_blank">Running Fox Books</a>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As a result, we’ve seen an uptick in downloads. More
significantly, Tip Jar donations rolled in, thanks to the journalist pointing
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The bad surprise isn’t news to anyone who’s been publishing
for any length of time. After the launch, sales on most books taper off. There
are exceptions, of course—audiences that grow over time—but upheavals in the publishing
industry still haven’t changed the fact that the market tends to be
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related to your book: </b>As a reporter for the IBPA Independent, I’ve come across
lots of proof that special sales to target markets can increase a book’s sales
substantially over time. For this reason, I’m looking forward to an onstage
conversation at our local museum Oct. 4. The topic is the future of fiction,
and the bookstore will be featuring fictions by all four participants.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b>Teach from your book:</b> This old trick of college
professors—write a book and then make it required reading for the course you
teach—has applications outside academia. This weekend, I’m teaching a workshop,
<a href="http://49writingcenter.org/Instruction/classes.php" target="_blank">Jumpstart Your Writing</a>, for our local writing center. As part of the course
fee, students will receive a copy of <i><a href="http://debvanasse.com/write-your-best-book-what-every-author-should-know/" target="_blank">Write Your Best Book,</a></i> one of two books I’ve
written on writing and publishing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b>Media coverage: </b>The article on the <i><a href="http://runningfoxbooks.com/ak-sampler/" target="_blank">Alaska Sampler</a></i> series in our local paper is but one example of how media coverage can
boost interest in your books. Send press releases for your books, and make sure
they’re tied to items of interest to the media. Don’t be surprised if it takes
awhile to see results, as was the case with our Sampler coverage.<o:p></o:p></div>
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their selections a full year in advance, it may take some time before they
begin picking up your title for discussion. Book clubs also rely heavily on
word of mouth, so the post-launch potential for interest may extend for years
after launch. In early October, I’ll be Skyping with a library book club that’s
featuring <a href="http://debvanasse.com/cold-spell/" target="_blank">my novel</a> that came out more than a year ago.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Co-founder of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.49writingcenter.org/">49 Writers</a> and founder of the
independent authors cooperative Running Fox Books,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.debvanasse.com/">Deb
Vanasse</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has authored sixteen
books. Her most recent are <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Write-Your-Best-Book-Author-ebook/dp/B00RNQ6XKU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1423175689&sr=8-5&keywords=deb+vanasse">Write
Your Best Book</a>, a practical guide to writing books that rise above the
rest; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/What-Every-Author-Should-Know-ebook/dp/B00R95P3Y2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1420048125&sr=8-3&keywords=deb+vanasse">What
Every Author Should Know</a>, a comprehensive guide to book publishing and
promotion; and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Spell-University-Alaska-Press/dp/1602232423/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394921893&sr=8-1&keywords=deb+vanasse+cold+spell">Cold
Spell</a>, a novel that </i><i><span style="background: white;">“captures the harsh beauty of the terrain as well as
the strain of self-doubt and complicated family bonds,” according to Booklist. </span>Deb lives and works on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Hiland<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Mountain<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>outside of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Anchorage,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Alaska, and at a cabin near the
Matanuska Glacier. A regular contributor to the IBPA Independent, her views
here are her own.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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You love to write. Why, then, can it be so hard to get started—or to finish a project that you began with enthusiasm?<o:p></o:p></div>
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An abundance of metaphors prove that this affliction is nearly universal among writers. Your muse needs to visit. Your creative well needs filling. Your batteries need recharging.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Whenever I teach a writing workshop, I find a good number of the participants are in exactly this place with their projects. They’re excited about an idea. Maybe they’ve started drafting, or they’ve finished a draft. But somewhere along the way, they’ve lost momentum. They want to finish, and finish well—if only they could see their way through.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On this last point, I’m prepping to teach a six-hour workshop for writers like you: Jumpstart Your Writing, from 9 am to 4 pm (with an hour lunch break) on <b>Saturday, September 26</b>. Through guided exercises and discussion, we’ll generate ideas, amplify words on the page, and write past stuck points. We’ll explore the writer’s mind, the writing process, and narrative essentials like character, setting, and pacing. We’ll examine and refine our writing processes while exploring techniques to mine and enrich the material from which we write.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Included in the workshop fee is a copy of <i><a href="http://debvanasse.com/write-your-best-book-what-every-author-should-know/">Write Your Best Book</a></i>. But you don’t have to be working on a book—our focus will be on re-energizing all types of writing. So whether you’re a novelist, an essayist, a memoirist, a poet, or a dabbler in writing of all types, we’d love to have you join in. You’ll leave with your batteries charged, your well filling up, your muse on your shoulder. Registration is required, so <a href="http://49writingcenter.org/Instruction/classes.php">sign up today</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>PS: “Jumpstart Your Writing” will be the last workshop I teach in the Anchorage area, at least for the foreseeable future. After 36 years in Alaska, I’ll be leaving in mid-October. More on the Big Move in next month’s post! <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Co-founder of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.49writingcenter.org/">49 Writers</a> and founder of the independent authors cooperative Running Fox Books,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.debvanasse.com/">Deb Vanasse</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has authored sixteen books. Her most recent are <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Write-Your-Best-Book-Author-ebook/dp/B00RNQ6XKU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1423175689&sr=8-5&keywords=deb+vanasse">Write Your Best Book</a>, a practical guide to writing books that rise above the rest; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/What-Every-Author-Should-Know-ebook/dp/B00R95P3Y2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1420048125&sr=8-3&keywords=deb+vanasse">What Every Author Should Know</a>, a comprehensive guide to book publishing and promotion; and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Spell-University-Alaska-Press/dp/1602232423/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394921893&sr=8-1&keywords=deb+vanasse+cold+spell">Cold Spell</a>, a novel that </span></i><i><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“captures the harsh beauty of the terrain as well as the strain of self-doubt and complicated family bonds,” according to Booklist. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Deb lives and works on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Hiland<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Mountain<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>outside of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Anchorage,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Alaska, and at a cabin near the Matanuska Glacier. </span></i></div>
debvhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989656208841763294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222609226389330645.post-82924479552111141732015-08-25T05:00:00.000-08:002015-08-25T05:00:07.710-08:00In Love with a Book? Ten Ways to Show It!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At a conference, I picked up a list of 20 Ways to Help an
Author, distributed by Wise Ink. I like the concept, but not how it’s
framed—while I love my readers, I don’t believe they owe me anything.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Shift the focus from author to book and I’m all in. Here, a list
of twelve ways to show your love for a book. These take little time, effort, or
money, but the payoff is huge - helping a book you love enjoy a long, happy “shelf
life”:<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Ask for the book when you’re browsing a book shop.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Review the book online: Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Post about the book on social media. (Include a photo)<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Ask for the book at the library.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Email a “book love note” to the author.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Suggest your book club read it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Blog about the book (send the author a link!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Nominate the book for your community’s reading program<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->To celebrate International Book Day, dress up as
a favorite character from the book (see photo above)<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Design a wedding cake based on the book (see photo below)<o:p></o:p></div>
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What have you done today to show your love for a book? These
ideas are only a start. With so much clamoring for readers’ attention, every
expression of book love makes a difference…and as a bonus, you’ll be
encouraging your favorite authors to continue writing books you love.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>Long lines at the hair salon, store shelves stacked with
notebooks, bus drivers practicing their routes—you can’t miss the signs that
the back-to-school season is upon us. After twenty years as a college and high
school teacher, I still enjoy that fevered pitch of a new school year about to
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Even if you’re not headed back to a classroom, now is a
great time to turn a bit of your energy toward your continuing education as an
author. In lieu of school—or to supplement it—try these:<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Subscribe to a magazine that centers on writing
or books: <i>Poets and Writers, The Writer’s
Chronicle, The Writer, Writer’s Digest, Publishers Weekly, Bookforum, The New
York Review of Books<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Read like a writer, in your genre. Make a
reading list and set tangible goals for working through it. (For more on
reading like a writer, see <i><a href="http://debvanasse.com/write-your-best-book-what-every-author-should-know/" target="_blank">Write Your Best Book</a></i>.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Start or reinvigorate your journal. Journals
aren’t just for musing. Use yours to spin ideas, play with plot, develop your characters,
note“best practice” models of style and structure, even build vocabulary (words
are the tools of your trade!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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conference.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Start or reinvigorate a writers group aimed with
critique and support components<o:p></o:p></div>
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Spend a little time around published authors and you’re
certain to hear this common lament: Regardless of how you publish, it’s tough
to get your book noticed. Once the launch window passes—generally within three
months (or less) of the book’s release, reader and publisher interest wanes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Authors are a tenacious bunch, committed to seeing a project
through to its finish, drafting and revising and revising again. So it’s no
surprise that we don’t give up on our books once they’ve launched, no matter
how tough the going gets. We want a shelf life of more than three months for
our books. There are readers out there who’d love to connect with our work—if
only they could find it amid all the noise of new releases and celebrity
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In a desperate effort to get their books noticed, far too
many authors throw good money after bad: Self-funded author tours in second-rate
venues where only a handful of people show up for signings; expensive ads to
the wrong demographic; for-hire social media campaigns that amount to little
more than shouting into the wind. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It doesn’t have to be that way. During a delightful weekend
with Susan McBeth of <a href="http://www.adventuresbythebook.com/">Adventures
by the Book</a>, we chatted about the many ways that published authors can promote
their books long past the launch. Here, a few ideas that won’t break the bank:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Ticketed
Book Events:</b> Team with an event planner for a <a href="http://www.adventuresbythebook.com/auther-event-new-page/">ticketed event</a>
designed a target audience eager to hear about you and your work. If your work
is of real merit and you’re a lively speaker, the event planner will be able to
set ticket prices in a way that covers her efforts. The benefit to you: book
sales at such events are typically much higher than at plain-Jane bookstore
signings. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>Fundraisers:</b>
If your book is themed toward a cause that matters deeply to you, connect with
a nonprofit devoted to the cause. If your book is of merit and you’ve got an
engaging program, team up for a fundraising event in which you provide the
program and donate a percentage of the book sales. (<a href="http://marivisoliven.com/2015/06/16/from-novel-to-social-advocacy/">Click
here</a> to see what author Marivi Soliven did.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>Annual Event:</b> In 2010, I launched a simple plan
through <a href="http://www.49writingcenter.org/">49 Writers</a>, a nonprofit I
co-founded to support the artistic efforts of Alaska authors. We designated the
first week in October (conveniently timed to coincide with Alaska’s Permanent
Fund Dividend deposits) as <a href="http://www.alaskabookweek.com/">Alaska Book
Week</a>, to remind readers everywhere about the incredible books written by
Alaskans and about Alaska. That year and every year since, the Governor has
issued a formal proclamation designating the first week in October as Alaska
Book Week. And each year, authors are invited to complete a simple <a href="http://www.emailmeform.com/builder/confirm/2T6pLloOFcuPen4r5IzWc/44b398e-55ca3efca496f">participation
form</a> in which they can express their interest in addressing audiences about
their books. To complete this form costs nothing but a minute or two of the
author’s time. The payoff: the author joins forces with other Alaska authors in
a weeklong celebration of their books. Why not join forces with other authors to create an annual event to celebrate books like yours?<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>Collaborative
Blog: </b>Blog tours for your book can be tedious to organize and carry out,
and most bloggers are only interested in your books when they’re brand new. As
for your own blog—well, it takes time to build a strong readership, and in the
meantime you may feel as though you’re shouting into the wind. But if you join
forces with other authors and offer them opportunities to showcase their good
work, everyone benefits from the increased readership. Through the well-read <a href="http://www.49writers.blogspot.com/">49 Writers blog</a>, we offer a Spotlight
on Alaska Books feature, where Alaska authors can share their books, old and
new. We also offer Alaska Shorts<b>, </b>a
venue for authors to publish their creative work (or an excerpt from a longer
project). And of course, we’re always interested in <a href="http://49writers.blogspot.com/p/guest-blogger-guidelines.html">guest
posts</a> that are relevant to our readership. A collaborative online presence
expands everyone’s reach and shows readers that you’re actively engaged with
the literary community.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Before you utter another complaint about how hard it is to
get your work noticed, make sure you’ve considered these opportunities to
engage with readers. The only cost is your time - and not much of that!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Co-founder of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.49writingcenter.org/">49 Writers</a> and founder of the
independent authors cooperative Running Fox Books,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.debvanasse.com/">Deb
Vanasse</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has authored sixteen
books. Her most recent are <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Write-Your-Best-Book-Author-ebook/dp/B00RNQ6XKU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1423175689&sr=8-5&keywords=deb+vanasse">Write
Your Best Book</a>, a practical guide to writing books that rise above the
rest; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/What-Every-Author-Should-Know-ebook/dp/B00R95P3Y2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1420048125&sr=8-3&keywords=deb+vanasse">What
Every Author Should Know</a>, a comprehensive guide to book publishing and
promotion; and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Spell-University-Alaska-Press/dp/1602232423/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394921893&sr=8-1&keywords=deb+vanasse+cold+spell">Cold
Spell</a>, a novel that </span></i><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">“captures the harsh beauty of the terrain as
well as the strain of self-doubt and complicated family bonds,” according to
Booklist. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Deb
lives and works on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Hiland<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Mountain<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>outside of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Anchorage,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Alaska, and at a cabin near the
Matanuska Glacier. </span></i></div>
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What’s at the heart of a successful book? A multitude of
answers could be offered up: an intriguing premise, engaging characters, a
strong voice, a plot that twists and surprises.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Before you get caught up in a debate about which of these
book elements matters most, consider this: At the heart of a book is, quite
simply, its heart. As in the human body, it muscles ceaselessly, behind the
scenes. Without it, you have the shell of a thing, but no life. The means to
finding the heart of a book—the stethoscope, if you will—comes through posing a
simple question of yourself as its author: What’s this book really about? <o:p></o:p></div>
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A book’s heart isn’t the same as its topic or its sales
pitch or its premise, though articulating each of those can be helpful to your overall
understanding of your project. The heart is the book’s life source, the reason
you’re compelled to write it, no matter the cost in time and energy and
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The heart of a book isn’t likely apparent until you’ve begun
writing. It shows itself in the parts that please you most, in the places where
you find yourself lingering, in the areas where the language soars. It’s what
excites you about the project, what keeps you going back to it day after day. If
you have multiple books in you, the heart of one will often form itself in
another, whether you intend it or not. That’s because the heart is what matters
to you—and to your readers. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In school, we don’t learn to search for the heart of a book;
we learn look for its topic and themes, which are far more cerebral. <i>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</i>? It’s
about a raft trip down the Mississippi: that’s the topic answer. It’s about innocence
and experience, freedom, coming of age, friendship: those are theme answers,
intuited after the fact, Big Ideas to be outlined and proven.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The beat of the book’s heart can’t be dissected, only felt:
the lure of a wide, muddy river; the banter of boys; the fool’s play of
pretension.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Did Twain know the heart of his book? Perhaps not. Halfway
through, he stopped writing, and when he picked up again, the second half was noticeably
less heartfelt than the first.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What’s your book about? It’s a question worth asking. The
answers can lead you all the way to its heart.<o:p></o:p></div>
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