Welcome to the Fall 2013 issue of the Author Entrepreneurship Magazine blog I created this magazine to help authors create sustainable and successful careers. It is my gift to you! This issue’s theme is Leadership...
You really really want to adapt your novel into a screenplay. It’s visual, it moves, there are great characters, the plot is strong. But you really really don’t have the time it’ll take to learn how to write a different genre.
Who is the ‘Worst Writer in the World’? Actually, no one knows. Why? Because, there are a lot of terrible writers. And, everyone believes at one time or another, that they are a terrible writer.
artist entrepreneur / Author Career / Author Entrepreneur
by Beth Barany · Published October 29, 2013
I loved this piece on PRI The World (awesome radio program I listen to nearly daily) today on the The 6 highly effective habits of the creative genius. I decided I’d make my own...
Cover reveals are a great way to show and market your book. Here is E. B. Walters’ cover reveal for her Book Six of the Fitzgerald Family.
After the first book of Sidonia The Sorceress Series, Wolgast Castle, was complete, I started on the second and came to a screaming halt. Was it Second Book Fears?
Understand yourself – know what inspires you to be creative.
This post could have also been dubbed ‘Balance 101 for Authors’. About sixteen months ago the first novel in my middle-grade/YA time travel series hit the cyber bookshelves. There was so much to do, and it felt like there wasn’t enough time to do everything.
This was the writing assignment that inspired my first published children’s story: Write a bare bones short story of 300 words or fewer. It will have a simple plot, almost no description, and two (exactly two) plot twists.
Welcome back to Tiffany Turpin Johnson, a kidlit writer and editor whose monthly column, Scribe Supplies: Writerly Tools for Success, brings you the best in all types of tools for professional writers. Today she shares...
I’ve been on a serious writing journey for awhile and just published my first eBook. While walking that path, I’ve discovered a lot of things about myself and the writing process.
We all have goals, especially on January 1. When the new year rolls around, everybody wants to lose weight, save more money, and go to the gym more often. Eighty percent of all people make those goals every year because we want to be healthier, happier, and more secure.
Author Career / Courses + Workshops
by Beth Barany · Published October 16, 2013 · Last modified October 17, 2013
Alicia Dunams announces that her first Bestseller in a Weekend webinar for Fiction Authors will be held from October 25 to 27, 2013. This virtual online program is based on Dunams’ popular Bestseller in...
There are days I just don’t want to write. Actually, most days before I begin writing, it’s hard to pick up the pen (or put my fingers on the keyboard, depending on which stage of the writing process I’m in) and just go. I don’t want to. I’d rather distract myself with pointless internet surfing.
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