Category: Support Your Local Author
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Interview with David Kazzie
In this episode of Working Title podcast, David Kazzie discusses the challenges and tools of self-publishing, the importance of agents, and writing the book you love.
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New Site Section: Support Your Local Author
Introducing a new section of my site: Support Your Local Author. This line of work is often lonely. As writers we are often heads-down in our work – writing, revising, researching, planning, drinking … After writing, there’s beta reading, querying, marketing, selling, drinking … All the while we will have doubts and questions. Sometimes we need encouragement or…
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Interview with Author Bill Blume
Welcome to my Working Title inaugural podcast. I interview friend and fellow James River Writers’ member Bill Blume. He has written a fun teen read called Gidion’s Hunt,* published in 2013 by Fable Press. You can visit him on the web and follow him on Twitter: @BillTheWildcat. With this debut novel, we discuss Bill’s writing process, finding inspiration in the…
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Attended the Book Launch Party for Brotherhood by A.B. Westrick
I was looking forward to this event all summer: A.B. Westrick’s book launch party for her historical novel, Brotherhood. The event was held at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. Perhaps 150 people packed the room. There was finger food and musicians played Civil War-era music. But of course the best part was when she…
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Chuck Sambuchino on How to Support an Author’s New Book
A tweet led me to this article by Chuck Sambuchino, who gives 11 tips for supporting authors’ new books. I often do items 1, 9, and 10. I will add items 3 and 5 to my routine, but they are well worth doing to help authors you admire.