HeyJaredThe Middle-Grade Writer
I help aspiring and working middle grade authors navigate the craft, career, and chaos of writing for kids.”
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Marketing Without Social Media (opens the original)
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Last week I talked about Marketing on a Budget of $500. If you missed that post I invite you to go check it out. This week I want to expand on the topic of marketing without social media. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1607703703520-bb638e84caf2?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw1fHxtYXJrZXRpbmd8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzkwMzQwMzgyfDA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=1080" target="_bl
If I Had $500 to Market Your Book, Here’s What I’d Do (opens the original)
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Let’s say you handed me $500 and said, “You have one book. You need to market it. Go.”First, I would spend about thirty minutes staring at the money. Not because I have no idea what to do with it. Mostly because $500 feels like a lot of money until you start looking at book marketing. Then you discover that $500 in the publishing world is basically the amount of money required to get three people to put your book on a spreadsheet.So I would try something different.I wouldn’t spend the whole thin
NETWORKING as an INTROVERT (opens the original)
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It’s 8:55 p.m. as I write this. I’m sitting at a small table in the indoor courts of the Edmond Tennis Center. My son is in the middle of his private lesson, and I’m freezing because it’s still 100 degrees here in Oklahoma and this facility feels the need to pump 55-degree air into a building that is nearly empty.But I digress.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1444210971048-6130cf0c46cf?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MH
The Writing Life Is a Grind (opens the original)
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This weekend I’m at Write Con teaching on writing humor, and writing Middle Grade. But I want to let you know about my new book coming out before we get to today’s essay. Iggy & Oz The Snot Strikes Back launches on kickstarter on Oct 1. You can learn more about it at the bottom of today’s email or follow the campaign by clicking on the graphic right her.<img alt=
Boredom Is the Real Villain (opens the original)
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First: Before we get started my new books launched today. A short guide of essay’s on “How to Write Middle Grade.” If you have time check it out. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/flagged/photo-1551887373-6edba6dacbb1?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw3Nnx8cmVhZGluZ3xlbnwwfHx8fDE3ODc4
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