After a poll I did this spring asking how readers want to hear about what their authors are up to, I’ve set up a closed group. This definitely isn’t a street team as I won’t be asking you to do anything!What it is: A place to hear about new releases, sales, current projects, and general book chatter.Basically, it’s the info you want showing up in your feed when it’s relevant.If you’d like to be invited on in, just let me know HERE. {Read More}
Inside A Grass Roots Marketing Campaign with Jeannie Lin
June 22, 2014 by 2 Comments
FLASHBACK!!!! In 2010 Jeannie Lin wrote this amazing article for my blog. I’ve been asked about it since transferring over to the new site, so here it is. Enjoy! JEANNIE’S 2014 DISCLAIMER: The publishing and bookish world moves fast & most of the specifics here are outdated. Please take this as food for thought and not a road map. P.S. Jeannie is long overdue for a recap post that she promised in 2013. ETA: Jeannie has added some great {Read More}
2011 Golden Heart Finalists – Where Are They Now?
June 2, 2014 by 9 Comments
In 2011 I was a finalist in RWA’s Golden Heart. It was really exciting, but the best part was some of the people I was blessed to meet. I thought it would be fun to see what our finalist were up to. And, since YA is typically last, they’re going first this time, baby! YOUNG ADULT Bria Quinlan (that’s me!) I launched my first short story, an adult Rom Com under the name Caitie Quinn, the day before I headed {Read More}
About the Rom Coms
April 11, 2014 by 2 Comments
Every once in a while there’s a question that comes up a lot from readers. Just the fact that readers ask me questions is exciting, but I thought I’d take a second to answer this 1-that’s-really-3. With The Last Single Girl free through Amazon Select right now, people have been wondering if it’s the beginning of a series. Another question people ask is “When are we getting more Ben & Jenna??” And a few very, very, very observant readers have {Read More}
2014 RWA Rita: The Year With No YA
March 25, 2014 by 3 Comments
As you probably don’t know (unless you follow a select number of YA writers on twitter) the RWA YA RITA category was canceled this year due to not making the 5% minimum of all the entries. I have several questions about how entries are logged, but was never able to track down any answers for you. I would like to say that, while I love RWA and respect all they do in the writing community…while my membership definitely taught me {Read More}
Indie Panel – Day 6
March 3, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Welcome back to Day 3 of the Indie Panel. I’m really excited about today because it’s more nitty-gritty. More personal writing and business stuff. But, if you’ve missed the first few days you might want to catch up first: Meet the Panel DAY 1: Why they did it AND Who should consider it DAY 2: Editors (who, what why) AND Finding your vendors DAY 3: Processes & Timelines DAY 4: Promotion DAY 5: Resources If you could change one {Read More}
Indie Panel – Day 5
February 26, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Welcome back to Day 3 of the Indie Panel. I’m really excited about today because it’s more nitty-gritty. More personal writing and business stuff. But, if you’ve missed the first few days you might want to catch up first: Meet the Panel DAY 1: Why they did it AND Who should consider it DAY 2: Editors (who, what why) AND Finding your vendors DAY 3: Processes & Timelines DAY 4: Promotion DAY 5: Resources DAY 6: Things I’d do differently & {Read More}
Indie Panel – Day 4
February 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Welcome back to Day 3 of the Indie Panel. I’m really excited about today because it’s more nitty-gritty. More personal writing and business stuff. But, if you’ve missed the first few days you might want to catch up first: Meet the Panel DAY 1: Why they did it AND Who should consider it DAY 2: Editors (who, what why) AND Finding your vendors DAY 3: Processes & Timelines DAY 4: Promotion DAY 5: Resources DAY 6: Things I’d do differently & {Read More}