What to know about AI in 2023
by Eric Hauch This was the year that artificial intelligence went tete-a-tete with human writers. While AI has been around for years, the introduction of ChatGPT introduced an automated process…
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The Logistics of Touring Part III – Promotion & Product
by Mark Parsons Click here if you missed Part II. “If you build it, they will come” doesn’t apply to in-store events. It’s more like “If you build it—and tell…
Twelve Tips to Edit Your Book
by Marilyn Levinson, first published August 17 on the Writers Who Kill blogspot, reprinted with permission I like editing. The way I see it, the hard work of creating my…
The Logistics of Touring aka Part II – Making it Happen
by Mark Parsons Click here if you missed Part I. Last time we discussed the overall steps in setting up a book tour. Let’s look at some of the important…
The Logistics of Touring aka Part I – Planning the Tour
by Mark Parsons We’ve gone on three different book tours within the past year. First for my wife’s newest book, The Peach Rebellion, last May, then for my latest, The…
Draft2Digital Acquires SelfPubBookCovers.com, World’s Leading Premade Covers Marketplace
From the press release: 260,000 Draft2Digital Authors and Publishers Gain Convenient Access to Thousands of Original and Affordable Premade Cover Designs July 24, 2023—OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.—Draft2Digital (D2D), LLC, which powers…
Of Wizards, Witches, and Muggles
(when friends and family don’t understand you) by Eric Schumacher, reprinted with permission, first published at FlapperPress.com He shuffled upon the stage, nervous, looked at a crowd of diverse and…
Curio Fiction—Say What?
by Sandra Murphy Just when you think you know what’s going on in writing, up pops another genre, sub-genre, or blended genre. The latest is curio fiction, at least until…
Book Lovers Abound at the LA Times Festival of Books
by Adanna Moriarty Each year in late April USC opens its campus to the annual LA Times Festival of Books (LATFB). Since 1997 Writers & Publishers Network (WPN) has represented…
Speaking at Friends of the Library
by Marilyn Levinson I’m in awe of mystery authors who post about their successful book-signing events on Facebook, stating their events at bookstores and other venues resulted in many book…