This Saturday find out: What catches a literary agent’s eye? Why do some books get picked up by a publisher so easily? How should you prepare your platform to appeal to agents and publishers? These and more answers at our next meeting, “Creating an Author Platform No Agent Could Resist!” January 2016 Signature Contents President’s…
Caught Between the Bettys dedicated to Betty Friedan and Betty Crocker. A memoir by Alice Borodkin. For women and girls who followed the script it should have been easier, back in the 1950’s.Get married, that’s why you went to college – to find a man, have a few kids, be happy with your split-level suburban…
What: Molly Kate Brown will do a book talk/book signing for her recently released debut book Learning to Walk in India: A Love Story. She will discuss this inspirational true tale. Both events are free and open to the public. MollyKateBrown.com Book is available on Amazon. When and Where: 2/10/16, 6:30pm at Lyons Regional Library in Lyons, CO. 2/11/16, 6pm…
CIPA member, Karen A. Morrissey of Thursday Night Press Ltd., announces the launching of a website to catalog and promote Colorado authors and their works. The site, called the Colorado Literary Network, can be found at https://cololitnet.com The easiest way for an author to get information about themselves and their books into the site’s database is…
Should you charge sales tax for your book? By Mary Walewski My email always brings me questions that evolve into a research project – and a blog post! “Do you know how to handle sales tax for when we sell books? Each community is different. Many require a business license. Am I required to have…
Recommended Book for Fiction Writers By Karen Morrissey Fiction writers vary in how they plan their work. At one end of the spectrum are “discovery” writers, also called “pantsers” (for “by the seat of the pants”), who figure out their story by the process of writing it. At the other end are outliners, who work out…