Romance Your Brand: Building a Marketable Genre Fiction Series

Zoe York

Dec 2019 · Publishing How To Book 1 · Zoe York

About this ebook

“Genre fiction series are the bread and butter of mid-list writers. For many they make the difference between a writing dream and a writing career.” 

Zoe York/Ainsley Booth, USA Today and New York Times bestselling author

For the first time ever in print, Zoe York breaks down how she plans a series—something she has done ten times over. Romance Your Brand is an adaptation of an intensive four-week course, now available to authors everywhere.

This book covers:

• high-concept pitches

• world-building

• taglines and blurbs

• building a cast of characters

• writing the first book in a series

• finding comparable series

• covers

• how to write towards future marketing

• and why ALL OF THE ABOVE should be considered before you write a single word

About the author

Zoe York is a thirteen-time USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance, often with military heroes, and always with scorching heat between the pages. Between her two pen names (she also writes erotic romance as Ainsley Booth), she has published more than fifty books since her debut in 2013 with What Once Was Perfect. Notable hits include Prime Minister (USA Today bestseller twice, in 2016 and 2017), the SEALs of Summer anthologies (NYT bestsellers in 2014 and 2015), and the fan-favourite Canadian small town series, Pine Harbour and Wardham. She is a mouthy and proud member of Romance Writers of America and Toronto Romance Writers.