What is Your Bus Factor?
In a recent conversation with fellow creative coach and business woman, Quinn MacDonald, she mentioned to me about the bus factor. I said, “The what?” “You know, in case you get hit by a...
Writer's Fun Zone by Beth Barany
The Inner Critic
In which I reveal my inner dialogue between my Inner Critic and me, the part of me that would like the Inner Critic to STOP yelling. Thank you. My inner critic is SO strong…...
What is PubIt?
According to MarketWatch.com’s probably press release verbatim: Barnes & Noble Launches PubIt!(TM), Easy-to-Use Digital Publishing Platform for Independent and Self-Publishers PubIt! Portal Now Available, Offering Expanded Distribution, Promotion and Protection of Independently and Self-Published...
What is Prezi?
Prezi is a new online software tool that allows you to create seemingly three-dimensional presentations. “Create astonishing presentations live and on the web.” See a Prezi for yourself. I’ve set it up so it...
How Not To Write A Novel: The Bookfomercial
Bookfomercial for “How Not To Write A Novel” by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman. Animation by Marianne R. Petit. Yes, they’re advertising. And if you don’t laugh at least once you’re taking yourself way...
Self-Published Titles Topped 764,000 in 2009 as Traditional Output Dipped
Over 1 million books were published last year. Wow. Did you add to that number? Will you be adding to that number this year or next? Here’s the full Publisher’s Weekly article from last...
This Week of Publishing and Marketing
Literary agent, Nathan Bransford’s weekly fun and raucous report of the week’s publishing news: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/10/this-week-in-publishing-10110.html Upcoming San Francisco literary event: LitQuake, Oct. 1-9, 2010 “Local authors rumble through pubs, clubs and libraries for Litquake,...
How Word-of-Mouth Marketing Produces Greatest Results in Book Sales
Often, authors are under the misguided impression that all they have to do is write a book and it will sell like hotcakes, flying off the shelves. Unfortunately, even the best-written books can produce...
The 7 Deadly Sins of Online Networking for Authors
by Dana Lynn Smith Online networking can be a terrific book promotion tool, but there’s sometimes a fine line between letting your contacts know about your book and being overly promotional. If you’re too...
Self-Published Authors Find Success on the Kindle
More and more romance authors are independently publishing on the Kindle. I sat down with two women from the San Francisco Romance Writers of America chapter to uncover more about this phenomenon and discover...
How to Self-Publish on the Kindle
To get started on self-publishing on the Kindle, start here here: https://dtp.amazon.com/mn/signin Their FAQ: http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/index.jspa No, they don’t pay me.
Writing Advice from Stephen J. Cannell
An aspiring writer wants to know if Stephen J. Cannell has any advice for those who want to establish a long-term writing career. If you’ve ever wanted to write a novel or a screenplay,...
Out of the Office: Writer At Work
Written and posted for Day 25 the day after, I’m blatantly cheating on my 31 Day Blog Challenge. I’m a writer. My passion is fiction. This post is real, though fiction is that I...
What’s up with Ebook Pricing?
On Ebook Pricing by JA Konrath: “I thought I would distill my thoughts into a new blog entry, and explain why I believe $2.99 is the new ebook standard.” JA Konrath offers the nuts...
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