Book description
Sell Your First Book & Develop a Successful and Sustainable
Writing Career
Before you can land a book dealÂ-before you can even attract the
interest of agents and editorsÂ-you need to be visible. How do you
become visible? You develop a platform, or a way of reaching your
readers. Everybody can develop a platform, and this book shows you how
to do it while you're still writing.
This book offers:
- A step-by-step approach to creating,
growing, and nurturing a platform
- An economical approach
to self-promotion (no need to spend thousands)
- A clear
way to uncover your strengths and weaknesses as an author
- The strategies that are essential (or not) to online
promotion
- A philosophy of authorship that leaves you
confident, empowered, and equally partnered with agents, editors,
and publishers (instead of waiting to be discovered)
- A
diverse set of tools and methods for getting known (not just
web-based tools or ideas for extroverts)
After you read
this book, you'll be able to answer the inevitable question:
"What's your platform?" You'll learn the hows and whys of
becoming visible and how to cultivate visibility from scratch. Best of
all, you won't need any previous knowledge or experience to get started.
Growing a writing career isn't just about landing one book deal and
then scrambling like crazy. There is a more strategic and steady way
to lay the groundwork so you can avoid scrambling altogetherÂ-and
Get Known Before the Book Deal is the only comprehensive book
that shows you how.
Christina Katz is the author of Writer Mama. She started
her platform "for fun" seven years ago and ended up on
Good Morning America. She has been encouraging reluctant
platform-builders via her e-zine Writers on the Rise and has
been covering the topic for the past two years. She recently launched
the e-course, Platform Building Basics for Writers, and writes a
monthly column on platform development for The Willamette
Writer.
www. christinakatz. com
