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Sell More Books with Less Social Media [Book Review]

November 9, 2016 by Anne Janzer 1 Comment

Authors face a veritable gauntlet of online book marketing advice. Deciding which strategies to follow can be overwhelming. (See last week’s post on avoiding decision fatigue when publishing your book.) When it comes to book promotion and social media, much of the advice follows the model “this worked for me (or author x), so it should work for […]

Filed Under: Book marketing, Book reviews, Writing Tagged With: book review, Chris Syme, marketing, Social media

Ego Is the Enemy [Book Review]

October 7, 2016 by Anne Janzer Leave a Comment

The Antidote to the Culture of Instant Success Reality television, easy fame, self-proclaimed gurus – we live in a strange and often exhausting world. But the root of many of our problems remains consistent throughout history – the human ego. The stories in Ryan Holiday’s Ego is the Enemy span from ancient Greece to modern day, […]

Filed Under: Book reviews Tagged With: book review, Ego is the Enemy, Ryan Holiday

Stop Boring Me! [Book Review]

October 4, 2016 by Anne Janzer Leave a Comment

Better Marketing Using the Principles of Improv I want to live in a world in which every marketer reads Kathy Klotz-Guest’s Stop Boring Me! Marketing would be a lot more entertaining, relevant, and human. The book offers guidance for creating better, more effective marketing content by applying the essential principles of improv comedy. As you […]

Filed Under: Book reviews, Content marketing Tagged With: book review, Kathy Klotz Guest, Stop Boring Me

A Five-Star Review by IndieReader

July 12, 2016 by Anne Janzer Leave a Comment

The Writer’s Process earned a five-star review from IndieReader. Here’s the take-away: IR Verdict: Full of science-backed suggestions for solving nearly any writing problem, THE WRITER’S PROCESS is a worthy addition to the collections of aspiring and experienced writers alike. Read the full review on IndieReader.  

Filed Under: Book reviews, News Tagged With: book review, IndieReader, The Writer's Process

A New Writing Book by Steven Pressfield

June 23, 2016 by Anne Janzer 1 Comment

Short version of this review (for people who have read The War of Art) Steven Pressfield has another book out, a follow-up to The War of Art, titled Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t. Enough said. Long version (for everyone else) There are a few, select books that we keep and treasure. They live on […]

Filed Under: Book reviews, Writing Tagged With: book review, Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t, Steven Pressfield, The War of Art, writing

Process: The Writing Lives of Great Authors [Review]

April 28, 2016 by Anne Janzer Leave a Comment

Do great writers occupy a unique subspecies of the human race? Are their brains wired differently, or are they people who manage to work through the barriers that stump others? In the course of working on my upcoming book on optimizing the writing process, I discovered Sarah Stodola’s wonderful book Process: The Writing Lives of Great Authors. If writing is […]

Filed Under: Book reviews, Writing Tagged With: book review, Process, Sarah Stodola, writing process

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