Landis Wade's Blog

Earlier on this blog, I wrote a post entitled: All The Book Marketing I Did Not Know And Other Ways I Misunderstood How to Sell My First Three Books, Part I Now that I am 9 months into the launch of my fourth book, the novel Deadly Declarations, I have some updates to share on […]

It takes courage to put a book in the world, but even more bravery to promote it, and then when you schedule an event and just a few people show up, it takes some real daring-do to stand up and talk about your book with vigor. Why? Because you want the world to love your […]

There are many ways to learn how to write better in your chosen genre. Options include undergraduate and graduate programs, writing organizations (in-person and online), craft books, writing groups, critique groups, writing coaches, editors, writing buddies, online articles, online videos, watching and listening to authors read their work, reading books in your genre, and more. […]

You may have heard this writing advice: “Write every day, even if it’s just a paragraph. Exercise your writing muscles. Get in the habit. Stay in the habit.” But what if this writing advice, like Julia Cameron’s advice for morning pages, is not for you? What if, for some inexplicable reason, you become a novelist […]

As I reflect on reaching the milestone of producing and hosting 300 podcast episodes on Charlotte Readers Podcast, there is a lot to digest. Like why did I do something I knew nothing about and try to write a full length novel at the same time. The idea seemed crazy and destined for failure. But […]

Many authors struggle with questions of how best to market and sell their books and if you are one of them, you are not alone. We search for creative ways for our books to be seen, to find our readers, and to get honest reviews for our books. After the toil of completing the book, […]

At a recent book event for Deadly Declarations at Park Road Books, someone asked me this question. How do you write a novel? I laughed before answering the question, not because the question wasn’t a good question, but because it was a question whose answer cannot be summed up at a book event. There are […]

The North Carolina Writers’ Network’s Spring 2022 Newsletter served as the prompt for this blog post. It’s full of flash memoir pieces by writers about their writing routines, and as you might have guessed by the title of this post, writers go at their routines in many different ways. Trustee Michele Berger, an author who […]

Question. How often do you receive this request: If you liked this book, please leave an online review. Answer:  Every time you finish reading a book, and sometimes, simply because you bought it, and sometimes, because the author bumps into you or emails you or sends you their newsletter and not so subtly makes the […]

I learned something helpful I’d like to share about how to support independent book stores when you order your books online. I stumbled into this ah-ha moment while trying to understand how the Bookshop.org online preorder link works for my upcoming novel. Did you know that by ordering your print book online through Bookshop.org (which […]