By Sherrie Wilkolaski
The Cannes Film Festival is world-renown to both the film industry and indie film buffs. Held in Cannes, France every year since 1946, it is the most glamorous invitation-only, film festival one could hope to attend. It is for film professionals and press…
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by Sherrie Wilkolaski
Professional golfers rely on their golf caddies, like authors should rely on their book publicists. You don’t have to be a fan of the sport to appreciate what goes into a great game of golf. It is a mental game, blended with the same repetitive training that every writer experiences,…
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By Sherrie Wilkolaski
Do you own an iPad? Kindle? Are you reading books on your Droid or iPhone? Perhaps you’re reading the classics on your laptop, taking advantage of www.gutenberg.org. If you’re an author who also an eBook consumer, I ask you…are you publishing electronically? First, I’m a huge fan of having as much distribution for your work and part of that is offering your book in as many different…
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by Sherrie Wilkolaski
A marketing tool all authors need to utilize to market and promote their books is the author interview. It’s quite simple to create and the investment of 30 minutes or less will go a long way to produce a tool that can be used time and again, both on and offline. If you’re interested in treating yourself to one of the most valuable…
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by Sherrie Wilkolaski
Original version of this article published in Ms. Wilkolaski’s monthly column “Author’s Guide to Publishing” in IFWTWA’s “Press Pass”.
The holidays are upon us and thoughts of sugarplums and holiday cocktails are much more fun to dream about than worrying about what you’ll be doing in the New Year…
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by Sherrie Wilkolaski
It's hard to find a needle in a haystack, not to mention a diamond in the rough, but if you look hard enough, you'll find that Amazon offers a menu of free marketing tools for authors to promote their books. These are some real gems and the investment will last a lifetime.
Have you done all that you can…
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by Sherrie Wilkolaski
We’re on task #8 of the social media challenge. We’ve spent the last week getting the basic social media accounts established. For day #8 I thought it would be good to put into practice using content in conjunction with your new social media tools like Twitter and Facebook. One of…
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by Sherrie Wilkolaski
Today we’re talking about LibraryThing, another social media vehicle authors can use to connect with readers.
What is LibraryThing?
LibraryThing is an online service to help people catalog their books easily. You can access your catalog from…
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by Sherrie Wilkolaski
Social media marketing via Goodreads is a must for any author.
What Is Goodreads?
Goodreads is the largest site for readers and book recommendations in the world. They have more than 6,200,000 members who have added more than 210,000,000 books to their shelves. A home…
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by Sherrie Wilkolaski
We're on day #5 of the social media challenge for authors and today the task is to write a blog post. Blogging is one of the most effective ways for an author to improve the search engine optimization for their website. Not to mention, keeping your skills as a writer in check.
What if you don't have a blog?
If you don't have a blog, today is the day to kick it off. I recommend…
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by Sherrie Wilkolaski
We're on day #4 of our social media challenge and today we're going to post a comment to a Facebook fan page. Yesterday you should have set-up your own Facebook fan page and “liked” the Infinity Publishing fan…
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by Sherrie Wilkolaski
Welcome to day #3 of the Social Media Challenge. Today we're talking about Facebook. You may already be on Facebook and using it to connect with your family and friends, on a personal level. As an author, Facebook is a wonderful…
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by Sherrie Wilkolaski
Day 2: Send out a Tweet on Twitter.
Yesterday we introduced you to Twitter and if that was your first visit, you set-up your account and followed us. Bravo for joining us in the social media challenge!
Today we’re going to send out what is called a “Tweet” on Twitter. A Tweet is a short message that is limited to140 characters. When you send out a Tweet it goes out to all of the people that are following you on Twitter and it will be…
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by Sherrie Wilkolaski
Welcome to your first social media challenge, day #1 of 13! We're going to keep it simple for you on this first task and we're going to talk about setting up an account on Twitter.
Twitter is a wonderful social media tool to connect with other writers in your own genre. If you…
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by Sherrie Wilkolaski
Let’s get real about social media. It’s like exercise, right? Not everyone is as focused on their social media footprint as they would like. It takes time and effort. So I thought, why not do it together. I ran this blogging campaign at Infinity Publishing and it was a huge hit, so I'm bringing it here to www.shewrites.com. This is your opportunity to make some viral waves in the world of…
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by Sherrie Wilkolaski
Not a week goes by when I don’t get asked by a fiction author, “how do I write a blog?” This always surprises me, because as I see it, writers of fiction can really have fun with their blogs. They don’t have to stick with facts and they get to be creative. So for all of your fiction authors out there, here are some blogging tips you can use as a guide to make the most of your blog, #3 is my favorite. Enjoy!…
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by Sherrie Wilkolaski
Launching a new book is exciting and it is the ideal time to do book signings. Authors can do a book signing at just about any time and probably for the life their book, as long as it makes sense and you're prepared. Here is a quick checklist of items to get you prepared for your book signing.
Preparing for the book signing.
Create your target list of book stores or event locations. Make a list of about dozen…
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by Sherrie Wilkolaski
As an author, you MUST take control of marketing your book, your brand and your platform. With the New Year upon us, what better time to make a change for the better. Whether you're a first time author or a seasoned professional writer, it's always a good idea to get focused on your…
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