Lisa Tener’s Writing and Publishing Blog

Book Publicity Series Day 2: The Publicity 411: What to Know Before Getting Started

Guest Post by Katie Andrews, project consultant, Phenix & Phenix Literary Publicists “Hello, Phenix & Phenix–how can I help you?” “Hi. My book has been out on the market for a few months and not much is happening—I’m thinking about developing a publicity plan. What should I do?” Don’t.Be.This.Author. You’re way too smart to wait…

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Publicity Week Day 1: Why Publicity is Your New Best Friend

Welcome to the first annual Book Publicity Week on Lisa Tener’s blog! Special guest post by Rusty Shelton, Managing Director, Phenix & Phenix Literary Publicists When Lisa invited me to guest blog about book publicity, I thought back to five years ago when P&P ran a national publicity campaign for Lisa and her co-authors, Jane…

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Book Publicity Week Official Schedule: Feb. 2- 6

Looks like next week’s Book Publicity Blog series is creating lots of buzz: thanks to everyone who’s been checking in and spreading the word. I’m blown away by the great content our friends at Phenix & Phenix are providing. And I can’t wait to hear what you end up doing with the information you learn…

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Book Publicity Week Starts Feb. 2 on this Blog – Free Course

Many of you have asked questions about using social media, Twitter, Facebook and other internet media for creating a powerful author platform and/or publicizing your book successfully. My friends at Phenix and Phenix Literary Publicists have agreed to guest blog all of next week. These won’t be your typical blog posts, but more like a…

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How to Choose an Editor

As a comment to an earlier blog post, Deb Scott asked what kind of editor to hire before self-publishing her book. I recommended hiring a good copy editor, because you want to edit for style, organization and format, as well as grammar and punctuation. It seemed to me though, that I shouldn’t give you some advice…

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Questioning Your Book

I received an e-mail today from someone who was looking for an editor–sort of. In her e-mail she complained that she’d already spent thousands of dollars on a book proposal that agents told her was terrific but that there was no market for–unless she was someone famous. [Note: I had not helped her with the…

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