Building Characters (Part 1)
Welcome to our new 3-part craft series on building characters in your novel. In this episode we discuss techniques we've found helpful for getting sta...
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Write. Publish. Market. At First Draught we love a good brew (or bourbon) almost as much as we love our writing. So we decided to combine the two! Each month you'll find a new episode about the craft of writing a good book, or a discussion on handling the publishing industry. More info at: FirstDraughtWriting.com Support our show at: https://www.patreon.com/firstdraught Hosts: Alexis Anne (author of The Storm Inside and Tease series) Mary Chris Escobar (author of Neverending Beginnings) Julia Kelly (author of The Governess Was Wild and The Matchmaker of Edinburgh series)
2018 New Year's Special!
Hello 2018! Welcome to our New Year special! We're sharing our drinks and our motivations for the new year. Hosts: Alexis Anne, Julia Kelly, and Mary ...
Bookbub, Book funnels, & more! (Book Marketing Series Part 3)
Part 3 of our Book Marketing Series (3 of3) focuses on BookBub and book funnel services such as BookFunnel and InstaFreebie. FirstDraughtWriting.com H...
Email Marketing (Part 2 of Book Marketing Series)
The One Where We Talk About Email Lists (Oct 2017) This month we're adding our voices to the topic "du jour" in the world of book marketing (drumroll,...
Book Launches (Part 1 of Book Marketing Series)
What's involved in a successful book launch? From cover reveals to pre-orders, social media to paid advertising, First Draught covers the steps Julia ...
RWA Conference Wrap-Up 2017
Live from Orlando, Florida at the Romance Writers of America Conference, First Draught wraps up our fifth year at the conference with our experiences,...
How to Network at Conferences
Networking may be the most important thing you do at a conference, but it may also be the hardest. In our annual July conference show this year we tac...
Scheduling Gymnastics
The best laid plans...life laughs at them. So what do you do when you have a career as a writer to keep afloat? You roll with the punches. On this mon...
Author Collaborations
Whether it's working on a monthly podcast, or writing an anthology. Planning a local happy hour, or hosting an online community-- it can be hugely ben...
Scrivener: Software for Writers
This month on First Draught we tackle Scrivener, software designed for writers. It's a complicated program with tons of options that can be confusing ...