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This is the first week of their spring-cleaning themed episodes.
March is off to a rough start for TB. She’s had to juggle a lot of admin tasks, leaving her frazzled. In writing news, she got Earl’s Court to the editor with two days to spare, shocking the heck out of everyone. TB is formatting the sale pages for the I Heart Lesfic mega sale. As she works on the pages, TB keeps chanting: Copy. Paste. Copy. Paste. In audiobook news, she’s commissioned Lori Prince for two books. Woot!
Clare is still toiling on Big London Dreams, and she’s put her foot down on the word-count pedal. This one involves a sex scene set in the 50s, and TB wants to know what garments are being removed. In the weird things you never thought you’d learn about Clare, she didn’t have a freezer of her own until she was in her thirties. On the book marketing front, Clare redid all the front and back matter for the London Romance Series. In outstanding news, Clare’s library event was a smash hit!
They move on to the topic: spring-clean your book business. If you do all the unsexy stuff that no one sees on a regular basis, it makes your business look better to readers. What’s on the unsexy to-do lists? Cleaning your mailing lists, refreshing front and back matter, updating bios, unpinning browser bookmarks, tidying up your email inbox, backup your files, unsubscribe to services you no longer use, and update and stock up on business cards.
What are your spring-cleaning tips for your business?
Head over to www.lesbianswhowrite.com, and leave a comment on the episode. Or you can email them at: lesbianswhowrite@gmail.com.
Next week, they’ll be on week two of spring-cleaning tips for authors.
Happy listening!
Clare and TB
Links:
Big London Dreams: www.clarelydon.co.uk/books/big-london-dreams/