Videos, Audios, Podcasts

Using Video to Sell Rights to a Memoir or a Novel

In 2007, to help make the sale of a new book project, Curtis Brown agent Elizabeth Sheinkman encouraged the author, Rupert Isaacson, to put a 5-minute video up on YouTube. Isaacson, author of The Horse Boy, a memoir telling about his upcoming trip to Mongolia with his autistic son, was planning on making a video […]

Ricky Gervais on How He Learned to Write

Comedian and scriptwriter Ricky Gervais talks about his writing process and how he learned to write. Good info here . . . The key bit of advice that he received as a young man is important: Write about what you know. That’s true for nonfiction as well as fiction. That’s true for poetry as well […]

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Using Teleseminars and Hangouts to Create New Products

Ten years ago, I hosted a free teleseminar on how you can use teleseminars and webinars (and now Google Hangouts!) to create new content, write books, promote your books, and sell more books. It was a fantastic teleseminar that included some creative tips on how to build relationships that are out of this world! While […]

Martha Carr’s Daily Novel Podcast #1 and #2

In these first two podcasts, Martha Carr and her son (and marketing director) Louie Carr talk about The List: First in the Wallis Jones Series. They plan to do a new podcast 5 days a week. Very ambitious stuff and an enjoyable format as we watch mother and son interact. Here’s podcast #1 on becoming […]