Pinterest 101 for Creatives. Did you know that Pinterest is a fantastic tool to grow your author platform and sell books!  Learn how to use Pinterest to your advantage as an author. It's not just for finding cool recipes! Part of a series on Building your Author Platform.

In this Episode Pinterest expert and children's book author Debbie Gonzales walks us through how to develop our Pinterest accounts for business use and author promotion.  

Debbie Gonzales is a career educator, curriculum consultant, former school administrator and adjunct professor, a podcaster (The Debcast), and past SCBWI RA for the Austin Chapter. Deb currently devotes her time to writing middle grade novels, crafting teacher guides, helping folks with their on-line marketing platforms, and various other freelance projects. She's the author of six transitional readers for New Zealand publisher, Giltedge, and the non-fiction picture book Girls with Guts: The Road to Breaking Barriers and Bashing Records (Charlesbridge, 2019). Deb serves as a member of the Michigan Reading Association board and earned her MFA in writing for children and young adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Learn more about Deb and her many projects by accessing her websites at www.debbiegonzales.com and www.guidesbydeb.com. 

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