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An Indie Author Scores a Book Deal March 7, 2025
Tech entrepreneur-turned-author Thomas R. Weaver went from indie publishing to a six-figure, two-book deal with Del Rey, thanks in large part to the viral success of his debut, Artificial Wisdom.
Booklife's Indie Spotlight: February 2025 February 21, 2025
In this edition of our monthly thematic roundup of BookLife titles, we welcome romance and relationship books.Want to see your book featured? Go to booklife.com/indiespotlight.
Getting Mental Health Representation Right in YA February 7, 2025
Two YA authors weigh in on writing characters’ psychological conditions.

Designing the Back Cover of a Book: The 10 Must-Haves July 15, 2024
Think about the last time you were browsing a bookstore. The front covers of the books are likely the thing that drew your attention enough to pick up a particular book. But I would wager the first thing you did after making a selection was to turn it over and look at the back cover […]
Cameron Chapman
9 Cool Book Covers to Inspire Self-Publishers July 11, 2024
When I was growing up in the ‘90s, one of my favorite things to do was ride my bike to the local library to peruse the shelves. Book covers, from what I remember at least, were predictable back then: westerns had cowboys on the covers, romance covers had steamy couples in provocative poses, kids’ books […]
Cameron Chapman

Looking forward to the upcoming 2018 San Francisco Writers conference February 14-17, 2018. Jody will be teaching many classes, and offering free coaching sessions.

Hey, hey, teaching again at the wonderful 2018 Willamette Writers Conference, August 2-5 in Portland, Oregon. This time taught a SIX HOUR Query Master workshop–super fun!

Jody is doing the morning keynnote for theCastle Rock Writers Conference 2018, in October, in Castle Rock, Colorado.

Jody was interviewed by Stephanie Chandler in a teleseminar for the Nonfiction Authors Association on April 13, 2016.

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