Guest Post by Executive Director, Kids Need to Read, Jessica Payne Storytime is a gift we can give to children, fostering their imagination, language development, and emotional growth. It creates a strong bond between children and caregivers, providing an opportunity for connection and shared experiences. Children are made readers on the laps of their parents” […]
Author Archive | Kimberly Monaghan
Finding Your Author’s Voice
Finding your voice is an answer to the question “Who is your reader?” Is this person looking for something serious, suspenseful, authoritative, humorous, spiritual, entertaining, dark, deep, light-hearted, or something else, that you may find parallels in a category on the booksellers’ shelves? Regardless of the central thread, your voice is uniquely you. It’s ironic how your […]
Author Q&A With Jenny Mitchell
Jenny Mitchell, CFRE, DMA, CEC is the Chief Visionary Officer of Chavender where she works closely with leaders to change the world one mission at a time. She is a dynamic speaker, executive coach, fundraising professional, and host of the Underdog Leadership podcast. She is also the author of Embracing Ambition: Empowering Women to Step […]
Meet Piggy, by Sr. Publicist Nicole Baker
Meet sweet Pig! Piggy came to us right before the world shut down due to COVID. We went to a local pet food store to get bones for the three dogs we already had, and the humane society was there with adoptable pups. On the shoulder of one of the volunteers was a tiny little […]
Author Q&A With Heidi Beierle
In 2010, Heidi Beierle had just finished her first year of graduate studies in community and regional planning and decided to pedal her bicycle solo from her home on the West Coast across rural America to the Preserving the Historic Road conference in Washington, D.C. Along the way, Heidi was surprised by the kindness of strangers and the emotional […]
Love Hacks: Simple Solutions to Your Most Common Relationship Issues
Bestselling author, Kelli Miller, is back on the publishers’ list with a how-to book on proactively solving relationship issues. As a couple’s therapist, she’s seen it all. And her latest book Love Hacks, while not a substitute for therapy, is an excellent supplement filled with proven strategies to help couples both mend wounds and reconnect […]
All I See Is Violence
A fascinating tale where history meets fiction and brings to light issues of social justice and forced removal of indigenous people from their ancestral lands. The setting is the Black Hills and Pin Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, where arcs of three protagonists—a soldier, single mother, and warrior—meld together into a moving and eye-opening storyline. […]
Building Your Street Team
The phrase street team was a new one for me when I first embarked on the publishing journey. I had to ask a couple of seasoned authors what it meant, and though I received varying definitions, I got the gist. A “street team” is the group of people who act as ambassadors for your book and […]
A Subsidiary Rights Kick-Start
This is a blog birthed from experience. I’ve been on both sides of a contract and have heard quite a few positive and negative experiences about this seemingly confusing section of a publishing agreement. Enough to encourage writers not to ignore the “small print.” All the same, subsidiary rights can be confusing, but the monetizing […]
5 Ways to Promote Your Book Without Fatiguing Your Audience
Guest Post by Publicist Sophia Moriarty Many authors understandably feel nervous about promoting their book, fearing that doing so will wear out their audience. However, the key to promoting your book without wearing out your audience is to consider the value you can provide, and to approach any promotion as an opportunity to engage in […]