Laina Turner Blog

You must write compelling back cover copy if you want to sell books. It’s your elevator speech, your sales pitch. It's the brief 200 words snapshot telling your potential reader all the exciting things your books contain. It's a short couple of paragraphs, along with your book cover, that motivates someone to click the buy […]

Let's Write a Book. Are you ready? There are a lot of people who want to write a book. I hear it all the time when I'm in random social situations where the main question is what do you do for a living. When I say I write fiction probably 80% of those people say […]

Do you want to write or just publish? I once looked up the difference between a writer and an author and found several differing statements. I finally came across one I liked and have used since. You know how you have 5 versions of something and pick the one that fits the thing the way […]

 “The road to hell is paved with adverbs.” —Stephen King “What’s your obsession with adverbs,” my editor once asked me. “I just really, really like them,” I replied. An adverb modifies a verb and often ends in -ly but not always. As in other elements of the English language the -ly qualifier isn’t 100% accurate […]

Create A Writing Goal!  If you’re anything like me, you tend to set super high goals that are unrealistic and eventually end in frustration. You know, like losing 20 lbs 3 days. To be successful at anything you must be realistic in your goal setting which makes it important for all authorpreneurs to create a […]

When promoting your book, it’s important to know and understand who your ideal reader is. Yes, that is often decided by genre to a point. It’s not like you’re going to try to target men 20-30 who play video games to sell your romance novel too. I mean you could, but I doubt it would […]