Marcia Meier, the guest from our premiere episode, returns to close out our first season by updating host Fred Klein on the latest tools authors have for promoting themselves. From blogging to social networking, Marcia shares her knowledge of what writers need to survive in the evolving Web 2.0 world. Marcia is the author of Navigating the Rough Waters of Today’s Publishing World.
Literary Gumbo: Marcia Meier 2.0 from Literary Gumbo on Vimeo.
This panel about using new media (Facebook, Twitter, blogging, podcasting, websites, etc.) to expand the writing platform took place at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference, June 2011. Moderator: Marla Miller of Marketing the Muse. Panelist: Justine Musk of Tribal Writer, Philippa Burgess of Creative Convergence, and Jeremy Lee James of Write Click Hosting.
SBWC New Media Panel (June 2011) from Ninety Degrees Media on Vimeo.
Steven Gilbar discussed his varied career as an editor and writer with host Fred Klein. Gilbars many books about literature include The Book Book: A Compendium of Lists, Quizzes, and Trivia About Books, Good Books: A Book Lover’s Companion, and Published & Perished: Memoria, Eulogies & Remembrances of American Writers (with Dean Stewart). He has also edited three anthologies of stories of Santa Barbara: Tales of Santa Barbara: From Native Storytellers to Sue Grafton (with Dean Stewart), Red Tiles, Blue Skies: More Tales of Santa Barbara, and Santa Barbara Stories. His new book is titled Compton, Kern, Truckee. and Weed: The Men and Women who Gave their Names to Places in California.
Literary Gumbo: Steven Gilbar from Literary Gumbo on Vimeo.
Literary agent Paul Fedorko was in town speaking at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference, so he stopped by to discuss the publishing biz with host Fred Klein. Paul has been a literary agent at N.S. Bienstock and Trident Media Group, prior to that he ran The Paul Fedorko Agency and spent more than 20 years as a publishing and marketing executive at Bantam Doubleday Dell, Simon & Schuster and William Morrow.
Literary Gumbo: Paul Fedorko from Literary Gumbo on Vimeo.
I’ve been so busy lately producing videos that I haven’t had a chance to write a blog post, and blogging is something I have to do to build my author platform. Having video about you, and your books is another good way of building your author platform. Book trailers and author pitch videos are popping up all over the web, so I thought I’d blog about how authors can make videos to help them market their writing.
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