Bundle on Business: A WMG Writer’s Guide

Making the wrong decisions on the business side of publishing can destroy a writer’s career.

In this WMG Writer’s Guide Bundle on Business, New York Times bestselling authors and renowned business bloggers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith share the best practices that have helped shape their successful careers.

In Heinlein’s Rules: Five Simple Business Rules for Writing, Smith takes you step-by-step through Heinlein’s Rules and shows how following those rules can change your writing—and career—for the better.

In Closing the Deal…on Your Terms, Rusch takes writers—whether self-published, traditionally published, or hybrid—on a journey that will help them understand what they’re selling and what they could accidentally give away.

In The Magic Bakery, Smith helps writers understand the very nature of their business, how to sell more, and make more money from every story. Using the metaphor of a magic bakery, copyright becomes easy to understand, and the writing business makes far more sense.

Bundle on Marketing: A WMG Writer’s Guide

Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley Smith

Being a successful author requires more than just writing a great book. In the modern world of indie publishing, getting readers to buy your book takes marketing savvy. 

In this WMG Writer’s Guide Bundle on Marketing, New York Times bestselling authors and renowned business bloggers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith help writers navigate the complicated world of publishing.

In How to Write Fiction Sales Copy, Smith addresses the major challenges that lead to bad sales copy—including using passive voice and too much plot—and offers 32 examples from his own stories to illustrate his points.

In Creating Your Author Brand, Rusch teaches the basic concepts of branding and helps authors convert those concepts into useful action to individually brand themselves to maximize reader recognition.

In Discoverability, which was named one of the 11 Best Book Marketing Books, Rusch offers professional writers the most comprehensive guide available today to help them make an informed decision about the best marketing approaches for their writing businesses.