Podcasts
 Keys to Publishing Success


 Coming soon: a series of 30-minute podcasts with industry professionals and successful authors to inspire, inform, and help you take your writing career to the next level. Here’s a sample of topics currently in the works:

How to Get Free Publicity for Your Book
You don’t have to spend a fortune on a fancy PR agency to get in the media. Here’s how to do it yourself.
Branding Yourself
How to create an irresistible platform to have publishers clamoring for your book
Overcoming Writer’s Block
Proven techniques for getting unstuck to achieve your writing goals 
How to Make Your Agent Happy
A top literary agent reveals the best way to get in the door and develop a successful working relationship. 
What Editors Want
A top book editor reveals the secrets to getting your book published.
Should You Self-Publish? 
The pros and cons, what it will cost, and how to do it right
One-on-One With…
Talks with successful authors about the creative process


e-Book
 Mastering Point of View

What’s the secret every successful author knows and most new authors don’t? It’s point of view (POV). In this e-book, Diane shows how truly understanding and mastering point of view can fix an ailing manuscript and turn a decent but lackluster novel into a page-turner. You’ll learn:

•    The biggest mistakes authors make with POV — and how to
      avoid them

 •    How to use POV to liven up description, dialogue, and action

 •    The advantages — and drawbacks — of different POV choices

 •    How to choose your POV characters

 •    How to use POV to increase suspense and tension

Once you really know how to use this technique, you’ll never write the same way again. Cost: $6.95

Coming Soon



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