“Unlocking Literary Connections: How Strategic Book Publicity Can Transform Your Relationship with Readers”
4. Current events: Can you draw any connections between your work and what’s happening in the news or pop culture?
Above all, take note of the dialogues you have about your writing — with others and with yourself. It will help distill the talking points, provide clarity on your central themes, goals and target audience. You’ll build stronger relationships with your readers. And, if publishing is your goal, it will help you convince agents and publishers that you know how to market your book.
Meet the Contributor
Gina DeMillo Wagner is an award-winning author and journalist. Her writing has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, Memoir Magazine, Modern Loss, Self, Outside, Writer’s Digest and Psychology Today, among others.
