Wildbound's Weekly Breeze 9/19/19
The New Disrupters in the Book Industry...
According to estimates, there are only around 1000-1,500 fiction writers who make enough with their books to support a living. How it's done? Hear it from Edgar Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Steve Hamilton. It only took him 20 years and 15 books to quit his day job. Forbes.com has the story.
Parents - Beware of the Wild Animal in your House...
This story on Newsweek about two authors who changed their parenting style after studying wild animals made the round and we loved it, because it not only shows that a great hook will get media interest, but who doesn't think teens are a strange breed...?
The Rut-Busting Book for Authors...
We're excited to share that Nancy Christie interviewed us for her recently released eBook, titled Rut-Busting Book for Authors. But that's not why you should consider downloading a copy. It's because this book does an awesome job of addressing the pitfalls would-be and current authors can fall into when writing, publishing and promoting their books. It also includes a wealth of tips, techniques, and strategies from authors as well as editors, literary agents, literary attorneys, publishers, book marketing experts and other experts to help guide you on the path from thinking about writing a book to holding it in your hands.
USELESS FACT TO IMPRESS YOUR FRIEND(S)
Ernest Hemingway and Truman Capote both sharpened pencils to help them think while they were writing.
Book Promotion Tip
If you're a published author, chances are your readers are not all in the US. So if you send everyone to the Amazon.com store, those who are outside the US will first have to switch stores before they can buy your book. Books2Read’s Universal Links can take care of that. Just paste a clean link to your book in there, and Books2Read will generate a link that will automatically send readers to their preferred store and country.
Book Trailer of the Week
This week's pick is A Monster Like Me by Wendy S. Swore. Why it works? A cute girl that thinks she is a monster. Of course we want her to realize how awesome she really is.
WEEKLY $10 GIVEAWAY
This week's challenge is to write a story about fall if fall were a person (500 word max).
Email your list to info@wildboundpr.com. The winner will be announced in next week's Weekly Breeze!
Write on.
The Wildbound PR Team