Nathan Bransford | Writing, Book Editing, Publishing
Helping authors achieve their dreams
The last time I updated this guide to social media for authors, it was 2018 and we were in the midst of peak “all authors need to be on social media full stop” conventional wisdom. That’s no longer the case. Publishers have long accepted that even a massive social media following may not sell books […]
It’s the end of an era. I’ve decided to shutter the discussion forums at forums.nathanbransford.com, which I launched way back in 2009. Quite a lot has changed on the ole Internet during that time, and it’s been a herculean effort through time to beat back incessant waves of spam (shout out to John Shea for […]
With social media fragmenting, I’m bringing back my old “You Tell Me” Wednesday discussions to try to get good old fashioned blog conversations going. If you’re reading in a feed reader or via email, please click through to the post to leave a public comment and join the discussion! After the recent election, a massive shift took […]
With social media fragmenting, I’m bringing back my old “You Tell Me” Wednesday discussions to try to get good old fashioned blog conversations going. If you’re reading in a feed reader or via email, please click through to the post to leave a public comment and join the discussion! There’s so much pressure on authors to be […]
Like many of you, I have quite a bit of extra time in self-quarantine, and I’ve been using it to take care of some long overdue tasks. To wit: I have a new Facebook page! And Groups, so you can have discussions outside of the existing forums! Please follow my Facebook page below. I’ll be […]
These are strange times for anyone whose chosen profession forces them to be online. Journalists, authors, filmmakers, musicians, milk men… we’re all being pulled toward building some kind of a following in order to help sell the thing we really care about. And you’ll often see advice that the key to being a Good Engaging […]
Helping authors achieve their dreams
