Lisa Tener’s Writing and Publishing Blog

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Literary Agent Regina Brooks on How to Publish a Memoir: 3 Must Haves

Can you get a publisher for a memoir? Yes. Yes. Yes. Memoirs sell. There’s nothing quite like a bestselling memoir and publishers are still looking for them. Competition is fierce, though. When my friend and colleague Literary Agent Regina Brooks told me she just signed a contract with St. Martin’s Press for her new book, …

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How to Get on TV Before You Publish: An Interview with Eli Davidson

On Thursday, I interviewed Media Magnet and award winning author Eli Davidson about how to get massive publicity and grow your author platform–a must for getting published and for getting your message out to readers. In book writing class this morning, everyone was abuzz with excitement about the call, “I can’t believe how much powerful…

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Author Platform: How to Attract Massive Media

I may sound like a broken record when I say how critical it is for aspiring authors to develop a platform or following online, but this is the number one reason great books with fresh perspectives and clear niche markets get turned down by literary agents and publishers. While I’ve advised my clients to develop…

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Haven’t Heard Back: Is It Okay to Call an Editor?

One of my clients sent a pitch for a blog post to a very large public blog that would be perfect for her audience. She didn’t hear back. She called the editor and left a brief message. Good thing she did. The e-mail had been mis-routed and the editor had never received it. The editor…

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Writing Tips: Writing All Over the Place? Too Many Ideas?

Yesterday morning, one of my book coaching clients said she had so many competing ideas for what to write–a book, a blog–and even more ideas what to write about–suburban consumption mom goes green, healing, shamanic experiences around the world. She didn’t know how to choose a writing project. In fact, she wondered if she can…

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Listen to this: From Inspiration to Published Author

First thing this morning I saw this message: “I listened to your seminar last night and woke up this morning with an outline in my head and wrote down the titles to 12 chapters of my book. Thanks so much!” It was from someone new to me, Sally Larkin Green, who contacted me through Facebook….

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