Tis the season to make resolutions about losing weight, exercising more, being a better spouse, family member, friend, etc., and then forgetting about the promises you made to yourself two weeks later. How about trying one or two (or more) of the following resolutions to make your 2025 a brighter and more literature-filled one?
Here are a few suggestions to get you started—MWSA style.
Help an author get their book a bit more polished before it’s published by offering feedback via our Beta Reader Program.
Buy an MWSA author’s book at least once this year.
Try browsing through our award winners to help you pick something worthwhile: https://www.mwsadispatches.com/award-winners
Have someone on your gift list you can’t imagine a present for? Buy them an MWSA author’s book as a gift.
Order a paper copy of an MWSA book. Read it and then donate the copy to your local library to help someone else discover their new favorite author.
Promote a fellow MWSA author’s book.
Tell your friends and family
Write about it in your author's blog
Mention it in your communications with your readers
Write a review and post it on Amazon, Goodreads, Facebook, or wherever.
Although everyone knows that it’s better to give than to receive, giving AND receiving is even better. Use MWSA’s Review Swap Program to GIVE a review for another author’s book and RECEIVE a review of yours.
Reach out to another MWSA author.
Post on their author page, social media account, or website
Send them an email
Go to an MWSA conference and talk to them in person
Recommend an MWSA book to your book club.
Share news about a fellow MWSA author’s success.
Make sure you support your local bookstore.
Yes, buying online from Amazon is easier, but the trip to your local bookstore will pay dividends—to the struggling owner and you. You might even talk them into stocking one of your books.
Attend another author’s event at the bookstore.
Request that the bookstore stock one of your favorite MWSA books. While you’re at it, do the same thing at your local library.
Help a fellow author by reviewing for MWSA.
If you’re not a reviewer, become one! (https://www.mwsadispatches.com/mwsa-reviewer-signup)
If you’re already a reviewer, recommend someone else to join our reviewing team or review “just one more book” during the season.