Flashback Friday -- Episode 71: Building relationships with booksellers with Mary Laura Philpott

<p>Hello #AmWriters! Someone in the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/485904005120809/">#AmWriting Facebook group</a> asked about the best ways to connect and build relationships with bookstores, so we decided to revisit this older episode with bestselling author and Emmy-winning television host <a target="_blank" href="https://marylauraphilpott.com/">Mary Laura Philpott</a>. Drawing on her many years working at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.parnassusbooks.net/">Parnassus Books</a> and launching <a target="_blank" href="https://marylauraphilpott.com/books/">her own books</a> into the world, we talk about the benefits of working with your local bookseller in time for publication day. </p><p></p><p>Got a writer-dilemma we could help with? Wanna come on the pod and talk it through? Hey, there’s a goal! Whatever you’re trying to do, maybe we can help you find the action items to get you there. Email us—amwriting@substack.com—and let’s talk.</p><p><strong>HEY NOVELISTS—Did you finish NaNoWriMo? Would you like to know what to do next with that pile of words you worked so hard to create? </strong></p><p><strong>Here’s a group of </strong><strong>Author Accelerator </strong><strong>certified book coaches dedicated to walking you through the process of finishing your draft or tackling revision—and they have put together a host of free resources to get you started.</strong></p><p><strong>Check out  </strong><strong>www.nanonowwhat.com</strong><strong> to learn more about these fantastic book coaches and how they can get you from NaNo success to a draft that’s ready to pitch or publish.</strong></p><p>Writers, I’ve got exciting news from Author Accelerator. Applications for Author Accelerator's new 2-year scholarship program for Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and other people of color opens this month! The Author Accelerator team developed this scholarship as a way to amplify diverse voices and perspectives that are under-recognized in the publishing world.</p><p>The newly launched Author Accelerat