Website Creation and Maintenance for Authors with Fin Leary

Author Website

Mar 14

Though this content was originally a Zoom meeting, we’ve distilled it down into some short and sweet basics to building and maintaining your author website.

Getting started: platforms

Blogspot
WordPress
Squarespace
Tumblr
Wix
Weebly
Duda
Google Sites
GoDaddy

Website essentials:

● Your bio, which should include your name/pseudonym and pronouns

● Information about your books and writing, including links to buy them

● Contact form or contact page

● An author media kit

What's in an author media kit?

As an author, it's a great idea to create a media kit that you host on your website. Media kits make it easier for journalists and other media professionals to easily get the information they need about you and your work, whether they're already working on a story or simply information-gathering.

Here are some aspects of a media kit that you should consider including:

Absolute necessities:

Third-person bio
High-resolution author photo, with credit to the photographer (if your images are available for use for promotional purposes, clearly state this in your media kit so that media are allowed to run it)
High-resolution book cover for each of your books