Social Media Checklist Working on your social media takes time, effort, and constant engagement. subscribepage.com/social_media_c… #SocialMediaForAuthors

How many blog posts do you read in a week?

How do you see your author brand 365 days from now? What do you see? Are you presenting a congruous author brand? Does your message match the expectations of your followers/readers? Visualize your brand. How will you make this happen? #AuthorBrand

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish. —Robert Louis Stevenson

What is success, author? Is success a large social following? Is it regularly having tweets trend? That large following requires engagement. Make sure you pencil in time for that.

Act Now There is no magic potion for raising an author's visibility.

Wherever you look there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration. —Gavin Rossdale

What ryan rae harbuck wanted TO BE A CHAIR says! Y'all are brave authors!

The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell. —Joyce Maynard

Authors can connect with potential readers interested in a specific genre by engaging on relevant platforms and using targeted hashtags. #SocialMediaForAuthors

Act Now Is your book available at your local library?

The author can benefit from a blog in a myriad of ways. Your blog permits you to write about your thoughts, ideas, opinions, expand on topics to highlight your expertise, and more. tinyurl.com/5x5pf8jm #AuthorBlog

Truly. #thankful #gratitude

It's #AlohaFriday The origins of the Hawaiian lei go back so far that there are no clear records of their exact history. Just stories passed down orally through the generations. -Hawaii Lei Stand

What happens if you ignore building your author brand? Without direction, you may be haphazardly branding yourself. Your direction becomes scattered due to inaction to brand yourself. Your followers are looking for a congruent presence. #AuthorBrand

What is success, author? Is success being asked for speaking events, presentations, readings, etc? That takes effort on your part. Seek out these opportunities.

Being a novelty had its advantages. —Jessica Savitch

Lapped in poetry, wrapped in the picturesque, armed with logical sentences and inalienable words. —Anatole Broyard