by Lindsay Flanagan | May 21, 2020 | Blog, Fiction How-to
by Victoria Passey Stories are where many of us first learn to use our imagination and think outside ourselves. We learn to empathize, experiment, and build connections through the power of words. According to Jim Trelease, author of best-selling Read-Aloud Handbook,...
by Lindsay Flanagan | Apr 29, 2020 | Blog, Book Promotion/Platforms
Even for Those Previously Out-of-Reach Shows! by Melissa Dalton Martinez I work in the media (mostly TV) and have some inside information for all you lovely authors out there. Now is an excellent time for you to get on TV, both within your home market and across the...
by Lindsay Flanagan | Apr 2, 2018 | Blog, Nonfiction How-to
by Emilee Newman Bowles and Lindsay Flanagan The query letter. It’s your audition, your one shot at piquing an agent’s or editor’s interest so they want to see more. And it either thrills you to the tips of your fingers to write it or scares you to your very core....
by Lindsay Flanagan | Dec 13, 2017 | Blog, Fiction How-to, Nonfiction How-to
by Emilee Newman Bowles with Angela Eschler, Adrianne Montoya, and Lindsay Flanagan Have you ever thought about time travel? What if we said it’s possible—well, sort of. We don’t have a DeLorean, and we’re not sure falling through Stonehenge can take you back in time,...
by Lindsay Flanagan | Nov 17, 2017 | Blog, Book Promotion/Platforms, Nonfiction How-to
by Brian Halley with Mike Nash Book-cover design is about getting the reader’s attention (hooking them) and then reeling them in with promises about what transformative and/or emotionally and intellectually exciting experiences they’ll get from the book. If it’s...