Michele Scott on Treating Your Author Career Like a Business
Episode 075 / Michelle Scott writes in contemporary fiction, mystery, and thriller genres. She joins us today to talk about how she learned to treat her author career like a business in both the writing and marketing aspects. Michelle shares about craft, her “marketing Mondays,” mistakes involving a cliffhanger, and branding.
🗄️ Question of the week: What is one thing you can do to treat your author career like a business?
You can find show notes and links at wishidknownforwriters.com.
Links:
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- Michele’s website: www.michelescott.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/michelescott1/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michelescottauthor/
- Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/akalexanderauthor
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