Linda Dunn
@dunn4authors.bsky.social
Streamlining the author platform and strengthening the author brand.
www.virtualauthorsassistant.com
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Media Page for Authors
A media page is separate from the ‘about’ page on your author website.
This page should offer key information to the media, podcasters, bloggers, book clubs, organizations, potential readers, and more.
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Authors and a Media Page
Do you need one?
Why?
• How could it benefit you?
• How could it be used?
• Where do you place it?
Get your complimentary Media Page Guide here:
Do you need one?
Why?
• How could it benefit you?
• How could it be used?
• Where do you place it?
Get your complimentary Media Page Guide here:
But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.
—Lascelles Abercrombie
—Lascelles Abercrombie
January 25, 2026 at 12:39 AM
But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.
—Lascelles Abercrombie
—Lascelles Abercrombie
Do you freeze when someone asks you to tell them about your book?
January 24, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Do you freeze when someone asks you to tell them about your book?
Reposted by Linda Dunn
FASCINATING, UPROARIOUS, AND LEGENDARY BOOKS. STORIES FOR EVERYONE! Visit my website www.marthaperez.info AND AUTHOR PAGE. #Romance #bookworm #darkshortstories #ebook #motivational #hardcover #paperback #bookaddict #heartfelt #thrillersuspense "CHECK OUT MY CAPTIVATING BOOKS"
June 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
FASCINATING, UPROARIOUS, AND LEGENDARY BOOKS. STORIES FOR EVERYONE! Visit my website www.marthaperez.info AND AUTHOR PAGE. #Romance #bookworm #darkshortstories #ebook #motivational #hardcover #paperback #bookaddict #heartfelt #thrillersuspense "CHECK OUT MY CAPTIVATING BOOKS"
When the dream came into being, I always pursued it.
—Marguerite Young
—Marguerite Young
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
When the dream came into being, I always pursued it.
—Marguerite Young
—Marguerite Young
Everybody Clean Up: Weekly Website Scour
Let’s add another few things to your never-ending to-do list, author. Here are a few things you can (and should) do every week to maintain your website health.
Read more: tinyurl.com/cyv83dkm
Let’s add another few things to your never-ending to-do list, author. Here are a few things you can (and should) do every week to maintain your website health.
Read more: tinyurl.com/cyv83dkm
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Everybody Clean Up: Weekly Website Scour
Let’s add another few things to your never-ending to-do list, author. Here are a few things you can (and should) do every week to maintain your website health.
Read more: tinyurl.com/cyv83dkm
Let’s add another few things to your never-ending to-do list, author. Here are a few things you can (and should) do every week to maintain your website health.
Read more: tinyurl.com/cyv83dkm
Reposted by Linda Dunn
The Independent Press Awards chose THE MONSTERS AMONG US as a Distinguished Favorite in Horror!
Less than 5 months since publication, and this is the 2nd award the book won! I am honored and brimming with joy for this story, so personal and dear to me, to gain this recognition.
Less than 5 months since publication, and this is the 2nd award the book won! I am honored and brimming with joy for this story, so personal and dear to me, to gain this recognition.
January 22, 2026 at 2:09 PM
The Independent Press Awards chose THE MONSTERS AMONG US as a Distinguished Favorite in Horror!
Less than 5 months since publication, and this is the 2nd award the book won! I am honored and brimming with joy for this story, so personal and dear to me, to gain this recognition.
Less than 5 months since publication, and this is the 2nd award the book won! I am honored and brimming with joy for this story, so personal and dear to me, to gain this recognition.
“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books.”
- Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books.”
- Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books.”
- Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books.”
- Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Author, are you making the most of your email signature?
Hyperlink your website and your book.
You may want to add your logo.
Don't miss the opportunity to advertise and redirect.
Hyperlink your website and your book.
You may want to add your logo.
Don't miss the opportunity to advertise and redirect.
January 24, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Author, are you making the most of your email signature?
Hyperlink your website and your book.
You may want to add your logo.
Don't miss the opportunity to advertise and redirect.
Hyperlink your website and your book.
You may want to add your logo.
Don't miss the opportunity to advertise and redirect.
Where are your readers?
Your readers may be local. They may be international.
It's up to you to reach them. It's up to you to get your social content into their feed. It's up to you to entice them to your website. It's up to you to build a relationship with these potential readers.
Your readers may be local. They may be international.
It's up to you to reach them. It's up to you to get your social content into their feed. It's up to you to entice them to your website. It's up to you to build a relationship with these potential readers.
January 24, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Where are your readers?
Your readers may be local. They may be international.
It's up to you to reach them. It's up to you to get your social content into their feed. It's up to you to entice them to your website. It's up to you to build a relationship with these potential readers.
Your readers may be local. They may be international.
It's up to you to reach them. It's up to you to get your social content into their feed. It's up to you to entice them to your website. It's up to you to build a relationship with these potential readers.
Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words.
—Franz Liszt
—Franz Liszt
January 24, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words.
—Franz Liszt
—Franz Liszt
Author Collaboration
What could you collaborate on with other authors?
How about newsletter swaps, guest blogging, cross-promotion, book releases, live presentations, etc.?
The list is endless.
What could you collaborate on with other authors?
How about newsletter swaps, guest blogging, cross-promotion, book releases, live presentations, etc.?
The list is endless.
January 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Author Collaboration
What could you collaborate on with other authors?
How about newsletter swaps, guest blogging, cross-promotion, book releases, live presentations, etc.?
The list is endless.
What could you collaborate on with other authors?
How about newsletter swaps, guest blogging, cross-promotion, book releases, live presentations, etc.?
The list is endless.
Author Collaboration
Collaboration can take you places. Like-genre author collaboration can take you much farther than you can imagine.
Think about this: you share the same reader demographic.
Partner up, author. Create something to collaborate on and invite your author peers to join you.
Collaboration can take you places. Like-genre author collaboration can take you much farther than you can imagine.
Think about this: you share the same reader demographic.
Partner up, author. Create something to collaborate on and invite your author peers to join you.
January 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Author Collaboration
Collaboration can take you places. Like-genre author collaboration can take you much farther than you can imagine.
Think about this: you share the same reader demographic.
Partner up, author. Create something to collaborate on and invite your author peers to join you.
Collaboration can take you places. Like-genre author collaboration can take you much farther than you can imagine.
Think about this: you share the same reader demographic.
Partner up, author. Create something to collaborate on and invite your author peers to join you.
You don't get ulcers from what you eat. You get them from what's eating you.
—Vicki Baum
—Vicki Baum
January 24, 2026 at 12:14 AM
You don't get ulcers from what you eat. You get them from what's eating you.
—Vicki Baum
—Vicki Baum
January 23, 2026 at 10:32 PM
What are some ways that you, the author, can utilize social media for self-promotion?
What are some ways that you can utilize social media for self-promotion?
how can authors use social media, how does an author promote a book, promoting my book
virtualauthorsassistant.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:31 PM
What are some ways that you, the author, can utilize social media for self-promotion?
Reposted by Linda Dunn
Poetry provides a safe, structured space to explore complex emotions—grief, joy, love, and struggle.
#PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky
#PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky
January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Poetry provides a safe, structured space to explore complex emotions—grief, joy, love, and struggle.
#PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky
#PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky
There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
—Jonathan Swift
—Jonathan Swift
January 23, 2026 at 8:09 PM
There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
—Jonathan Swift
—Jonathan Swift
Reposted by Linda Dunn
Social Media Engagement for Authors
Engagement isn't posting content. Engagement is about interacting with followers one-to-one.
Get your complimentary how-to guide here:
Engagement isn't posting content. Engagement is about interacting with followers one-to-one.
Get your complimentary how-to guide here:
Social Media Engagement
Engagement isn't posting content. Engagement is about interacting with followers one-to-one.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Social Media Engagement for Authors
Engagement isn't posting content. Engagement is about interacting with followers one-to-one.
Get your complimentary how-to guide here:
Engagement isn't posting content. Engagement is about interacting with followers one-to-one.
Get your complimentary how-to guide here:
Bringing awareness to your book: Don't forget a vital piece
-Updated author website
-Blog or newsletter
-Regular social media posts
-Maintain an active presence in author/book groups
-Updated author website
-Blog or newsletter
-Regular social media posts
-Maintain an active presence in author/book groups
January 23, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Bringing awareness to your book: Don't forget a vital piece
-Updated author website
-Blog or newsletter
-Regular social media posts
-Maintain an active presence in author/book groups
-Updated author website
-Blog or newsletter
-Regular social media posts
-Maintain an active presence in author/book groups
I think it's the fact that I do something different and that I actually have some success with it. That bothers a lot of people... especially comics.
—Carrot Top
—Carrot Top
January 23, 2026 at 6:04 PM
I think it's the fact that I do something different and that I actually have some success with it. That bothers a lot of people... especially comics.
—Carrot Top
—Carrot Top
Where are your readers?
Try this exercise. Make a list of who your reader is. Age, gender, occupation, lifestyle, concerns, affiliations, education, interests, etc.
From here, narrow down where you will find them online.
Try this exercise. Make a list of who your reader is. Age, gender, occupation, lifestyle, concerns, affiliations, education, interests, etc.
From here, narrow down where you will find them online.
January 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Where are your readers?
Try this exercise. Make a list of who your reader is. Age, gender, occupation, lifestyle, concerns, affiliations, education, interests, etc.
From here, narrow down where you will find them online.
Try this exercise. Make a list of who your reader is. Age, gender, occupation, lifestyle, concerns, affiliations, education, interests, etc.
From here, narrow down where you will find them online.
Author Collaboration
col·lab·o·ra·tion
noun
the action of working with someone to produce or create something.
How might collaboration benefit you, author?
Think about your genre peers and who you've developed a relationship with.
Those authors might be your best collaborators.
col·lab·o·ra·tion
noun
the action of working with someone to produce or create something.
How might collaboration benefit you, author?
Think about your genre peers and who you've developed a relationship with.
Those authors might be your best collaborators.
January 23, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Author Collaboration
col·lab·o·ra·tion
noun
the action of working with someone to produce or create something.
How might collaboration benefit you, author?
Think about your genre peers and who you've developed a relationship with.
Those authors might be your best collaborators.
col·lab·o·ra·tion
noun
the action of working with someone to produce or create something.
How might collaboration benefit you, author?
Think about your genre peers and who you've developed a relationship with.
Those authors might be your best collaborators.