The Storyteller’s Shelf PodcastDemystifying Publishing

The Storytellers Foundation · Sponsored blog features

Let’s put your book
on the Shelf.

Tell readers how your book came together: the research rabbit hole, the scene you kept rewriting, or the idea that wouldn’t leave you alone.

Fiction, nonfiction, memoir, and children’s books are all welcome.

See Chelsea’s finished feature

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See a finished feature

Take a look at Chelsea’s published author interview, with her book artwork, biography, and links to find her books.

Four Construction Crew books by Chelsea DiCicco, illustrated by Emily Paik
Construction Crew by Chelsea DiCicco, illustrated by Emily Paik

Published author interview

Writing for Beginning Readers

Portrait of Chelsea DiCicco

Chelsea DiCicco
Author of Construction Crew

Chelsea talks about writing her Construction Crew early readers, working with Capstone, and the children’s-library experience she brought to the books.

Read Chelsea’s feature

Our blog includes author interviews and guest-written posts. The $50 package below is for a post you contribute about your book.

What the $50 includes

  • One sponsored guest post about one book on our website
  • Your author bio and book cover
  • Additional approved images you supply
  • Purchase or preorder links
  • Space for a newsletter link, book launch, or other relevant message
  • Light editing for clarity and presentation, keeping your voice

What you provide

  • An original draft of about 800 words (750–900 recommended)
  • A book cover and any additional images you have permission to use
  • A short author bio of 50–100 words
  • The title, genre, intended readership, release date, format, and ISBN, if available
  • Current purchase or preorder links

Each paid feature is clearly labeled as sponsored. This package is a guest blog post; it does not include a podcast interview, a book review, or promised book sales.

View the $50 guest-post package

Give readers a peek behind the pages

Tell us about a decision that changed your draft, a real-life experience you turned into a memoir, or what happened when you began adapting a book for film. Give readers something they can take back to their own writing. We also consider proposals from people working in publishing, education, and literacy.

  • Fiction and nonfiction authors, including memoir and children’s books
  • Independent and traditional publishers
  • Editors, illustrators, and other publishing professionals
  • Writing resources and educational or literacy programs
  • Literary organizations and community initiatives
  • Creative projects that serve writers or readers

The $50 package is for an author-contributed post about one book. For a service, organization, or a different kind of feature, send us your idea. We’ll confirm the scope and price before you make a payment.

From your idea to our blog

  1. Send a short proposal. Introduce yourself, share your book or project link, and tell us what you’d like to write about.
  2. We review the fit. The Storytellers Foundation Team reviews the topic and materials for our readership. Sending a proposal does not guarantee acceptance.
  3. Confirm the details. If approved, we’ll confirm the price, materials, and publication timing with you before requesting payment.
  4. Prepare the feature. You send your draft and assets; we provide light editing and prepare the approved post for publication.

Start with an idea. We’ll take a look.

Send a brief introduction, a current book or project link, and a short outline of your proposed post. You don’t need to write the full article before we review your idea.

Send us your idea

Or email directors@thestorytellersshelfpodcast.com with the subject “Sponsored blog feature.”