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Brain Burps About Books Lunch 'n Learn with Author Katie DavisBrain Burps About Books Lunch 'n Learn with Author Katie Davis | Session 11

Katie Davis April 2, 2014

New format starting this week! 30 minutes divided into two parts: First, a themed talk, then Q&A (Please keep the questions to the theme). This week’s theme: how to make…

Steven Parlato, Uncommon YA Author Blog Hop Stop

Katie Davis March 31, 2014

This is my first blog hop experience and I thank Steven Parlato for letting me um, hop on in on it. On April 14th will be my turn, so stay…

What's the Top Rated Marketing Book on Amazon?

Katie Davis March 29, 2014

What’s the Top Rated Marketing Book on Amazon? Want to learn about marketing from me? Join me every Wednesday at noon ET when I do my LIVE marketing show.…

Brain Burps About Books Lunch 'n Learn with Author Katie DavisBrain Burps About Books Lunch 'n Learn with Author Katie Davis | Session 10

Katie Davis March 26, 2014

Do you have writer platforms questions? Get them answered, live! I’m doing these weekly. They’re called … Brain Burps About Books Lunch ‘n Learn #10 with Author Katie Davis It’s…

Virtual Launch Party |How to Promote Your Children's Book

Katie Davis March 24, 2014

It’s here! THE NEW UPDATED SECOND EDITION of How to Promote Your Children’s Book! If you buy it by March 31, you’ll get $125 FREE worth of thank yous during…

Google Hangouts For Business with Brandee Sweesy

Katie Davis March 21, 2014

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #171 Thank you to the MFA program at Hamline for sponsoring the podcast. Hamline is the only university in the U.S. with three fine arts…

Read a Preview of Dancing With the Devil on Wattpad … Whoa!

Katie Davis March 20, 2014

Want to read a preview of Dancing With the Devil on Wattpad?

Questions About Writer Platforms? Brain Burps About Books Lunch n Learn with Author Katie DavisBrain Burps About Books Lunchn Learn with Author Katie Davis Session 9

Katie Davis March 19, 2014

Do you have writer platforms questions? Get them answered, live! I’m doing these weekly. They’re called … Brain Burps About Books Lunch ‘n Learn with Author Katie Davis It’s a…

Book Trailers Are Not the First Videos Writers Should be Making

Katie Davis March 15, 2014

See? It’s not all about book trailers! Book Trailers Are Not the First Videos Writers Should be Making! Thank you, Carol Munro, for such a lovely love letter, and…

Seven Stories with Laurel Snyder

Katie Davis March 14, 2014

Brain Burps About Books Podcast #170 Thank you to the MFA program at Hamline for sponsoring the podcast. Hamline is the only university in the U.S. with three fine arts…

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Welcome! I'm Katie Davis, a children's book author with a passion for helping writers bring their stories to life. Here you'll find tips, tricks, and tales from my twenty years in publishing.

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