JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview
5 Minutes, 5 Questions With…
Barbara Joe Williams, author of A Writer’s Guide to Publishing & Marketing
(Amani Publishing, LLC)
This is an easy to follow (ten-step) guide that will lead you from the first page of a draft to the last page of a published manuscript. In addition, you will learn successful marketing strategies for increasing book sales. If writing is truly your calling, don’t wait any longer to answer.
Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write A Writer’s Guide to Publishing & Marketing?
Barbara Joe Williams: After years of publishing myself, publishing aspiring authors, and teaching writing/publishing workshops, I decided to write what I knew about the publishing process in an easy to understand guidebook.
JP: What sets A Writer’s Guide to Publishing & Marketing apart from other books in the same genre?
BJW: My publishing guide is different because it breaks down the process into three basic categories: writing, publishing, and marketing. For example, it covers the ABCs of writing, the traditional and nontraditional publishing processes, and many “low-cost or no-cost” marketing techniques..
JP: As an author, what are the keys to your success that led to A Writer’s Guide to Publishing & Marketing getting out to the public?
BJW: As an author, publisher, and motivational speaker, I was able to get my book out to the public using a variety of promotional strategies including: word of mouth, literary conferences, writing workshops, book festivals, and mainly local media.
JP: As an author, what is your writing process? How long did it take you to start and finish A Writer’s Guide to Publishing & Marketing?
BJW: As an author, I usually write at night when it’s quiet around my house. Although I’m a full-time writer and publisher, I normally conduct business during the day and focus on writing later in the evening. It only took me about a month to actually write this book from start to finish because I’d already completed all the necessary research from years of publishing.
JP: What’s next for Barbara Joe Williams?
BJW: I have a page turning novel coming out in February titled, A Man of My Own, which I’m working hard to promote. It’s a story about a woman addicted to dating married men until her latest lover’s wife decides to teach her a valuable lesson: Leave married men alone and find a man of your own.
I will also continue publishing other aspiring authors as well as managing the Tallahassee Authors Network.
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