Author: Sally Franklin Christie

  • Dear Reader

    When you have a clear picture of who your ideal reader is, it allows you to write specifically for them. But it also allows you to feel more connected to them and to write in a more conversational way. Because it’s less formal, it makes for a much more engaging book.

  • Understanding a Book Advance and Royalty

    Wednesday’s topic is going to be very simplified and is not meant to be ‘taken to the bank.’

  • Character Descriptions or APBs?

    Character Descriptions or APBs?

    I ran across this article while researching something entirely different. So, I thought I would bring it to chat.

  • Blog Tours – Who, What, When, Where and Why

    Blog Tours – Who, What, When, Where and Why

    We should talk about Marketing. It starts with an M and we are in the Month of May. How do you put a blog tour together? Should you pay a third party to set up a Tour on your behalf?

  • Formatting a Dreadful Thing

    Formatting a Dreadful Thing

    If you self publish the formatting falls on you. Guidelines are available but you have to change your manuscript. Strip out headers and footers and page numbers. You have to reset line spacing, Chapter Headings and indentation. You have to make certain of your page breaks. And still, your finished project may end up in…