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Memorialize Your Accomplishments, Part 4: Celebrate Your Dreams

By on May 25, 2013 in 4. Writer’s Life, Inspiration and Life Coaching, Editing Basics, Encourage Me!, Life Coaching, Nurturing the Soul, Reba Hoffman, Writer's life, Writing Life Coaching

I know, that sounds almost counterintuitive but that’s not the case at all. Every person reading this has a dream. Congratulations. It is rare that anyone ever stumbles into success without having a dream. In fact, I’ve never heard of it. Sadly, there is an overwhelming number of people in the world who exist through each day without any sort of direction, goals or dreams. They wake up one day—usually when it’s too late—and discover they forgot to live life. They have nothing to show for it. But that’s not you. You have a dream and one of the greatest ways to memorialize your accomplishments is by celebrating them. It’s the achievement yet to come, something to look forward to and to strive for. Each step you take toward the […]

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How to Pitch and Sell your Novel – a chat with James L. Rubart

By on May 13, 2013 in 3. Publish your Story, 5. MBT Interviews and Events, 7. Search by Author:, How do I Pitch my Book?, Interviews, Susan May Warren, Writers Q &A

Hello Friends!  I’m so excited to have on the blog today a fun chat I did with James L. Rubart (Jim!) on a few insights on how to pitch and sell your novel.  This is just a tidbit of all the great info offered on his new Video Seminar – How to Pitch and Sell your Novel!  Get it this week only on sale for $19.99!! Have a great writing week! Go write something brilliant! Susie May  

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One Thing Marketing—Why You Need a Marketing Budget…or Two—Part 1

By on May 7, 2013 in 3. Publish your Story, How do I Promote my book?, Melissa Tagg, One Thing Marketing

ideasparking If you’re going to get serious about stepping up your author marketing and platform-building strategies—whether pre-pubbed or pubbed—then the savvy thing to do is budget. Now I’m no Dave Ramsey, so this is not a post on the specifics of budgeting. Really, if you want hard core budget help, you should go to someone who is better at saving receipts than I am. BUT I have come up with a writing budget that works well for me, and as I’ve moved along on the road to publication, marketing has begun to take up a bigger chunk of that budget. Nothing astronomical, for sure, but it’s still good to plan for and track marketing expenses. As you consider your own marketing budget, here are some factors to take into consideration. […]

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My Book Therapy Short Story Winners announced in Splickety Magazine!

By on May 6, 2013 in Editing Basics

Splickety Magazine 1.4 By Splickety Magazine in Splickety Magazine 20 pages, published 5/6/2013 Check out our fourth issue of Splickety Magazine, a Special My Book Therapy Contest issue. Susan May Warren, founder of My Book Therapy and best-selling author of multiple novels, headlines this issue with a story that connects to her latest novel Take a Chance on Me. We’re also featuring a story by Best-selling author Rachel Hauck and the winner of My Book Therapy’s flash fiction contest–but you’ll have to read the issue to find out who it… Hey Friends! I’m so thrilled to announce that My Book Therapy has partnered with Splickety Magazine for a fun Short Story Contest! Inside this great issue, you’ll find the winners, plus some fun articles on writing short stories (and how […]

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