by Linden Gross | Oct 8, 2020 | Marketing, Publishing
Have you looked into YA novel promotion? You will need to if you want people to read that young adults’ novel you have worked so hard to write. So I thought I would share this rambling Zoom conversation I just had with @KeriBarnum, the book promotion expert...
by Linden Gross | Aug 13, 2020 | Marketing
If there is any chance at all that your book will get reviewed or covered by the press, you’ll want to invest the time and money into creating a professional media kit. That’s what I did just as soon as I had completed my piece of the editing process for Busting the...
by Linden Gross | Aug 6, 2020 | Marketing
What a couple of months! There’s nothing that quite compares with having to rewrite a 10-year-old manuscript, update it with new research and then line edit it (twice) in just four weeks. A brief respite, defined by playing catch-up on all the other aspects of my life...
by Linden Gross | Jul 2, 2020 | Business, Marketing, Publishing
If you’re beginning to understand why dogs get so excited about a person on the sidewalk or a squirrel in the backyard, perhaps it’s time to think about jumping into the kind of project you usually don’t have time for. If you’ve been writing a...
by Linden Gross | Jun 4, 2020 | Marketing
“That’s it,” I decided at the start of this year. “Book promotion is critical. So this is the year I figure out how to market and advertise books.” I wasn’t talking about media releases or even book trailers. My team and I know how...
by Linden Gross | May 28, 2020 | Editing, Marketing, Publishing
Barbara Hinske thought she was done. She just needed a copy edit, she figured. In her search for a copy editor, her manuscript fell into my hands. I was quickly drawn to a minor, undeveloped character in the novel—a bad guy with a penchant for rescuing dogs. Weaving...