An interview with Christina Katz
Christina Katz is the author of Get Known Before the Book Deal , Use Your Personal Strengths to Grow an Author Platform and Writer Mama, how to Raise a Writing Career Alongside Your Kids for Writer's Digest Books. She has written hundreds of articles for national, regional, and online publications, presents at literary and publishing events around the country, and is a monthly columnist for the Williamette Writer . Katz publishes a weekly e-zine, The Prosperous Writer , and hosts The Northwest Author Series. She holds an MFA in writing from Columbia College Chicago and a BA from Dartmouth College. A "gentle taskmaster" to her hundred or so students each year, Katz channels over a decade of professional writing experience into success strategies that help writers get on track and get published. Q: What is a platform? CK: Long story short. Your platform communicates your expertise to others, and it works all the time so you don't have to. Your platform includes your ...