Should versus What? The Risk of Living a Creative Life. We are social creatures and learn how to be so by copying our parents and then later our peers.
Over the years, and actually starting quite young, we develop a sense of the “rules” of our family culture, then our wider culture.
If you want to have a career of any kind of a writer (a part-time or full-time income), then you may be on the lookout for more strategies to inspire you to take action....
As I get a bit older, one of the things I’m most grateful for are those times when my energy is high and I’m in the creative zone.
You probably are quite aware of the difference between a writers conference, a writers workshop (some call it boot camp) and a writer’s retreat.
Let’s welcome back Holly Adams as she shares with us “Thinking of Doing the Audiobook Version of Your Book? Part 2 .” Enjoy!
I hired my first virtual assistant about two weeks ago and it went so well that I have now hired two more. And that was my immediate goal.
When most people think of myth — if they think about it at all — conjure up images of Greek gods fighting it out in skimpy clothes.
This time last year, I was faced with a challenge that I never thought I would take up. I’d written a few short stories and lots of non-fiction articles, as well as a whole raft of short e-books on leadership.
Let’s do some list building! To do that, I’m looking for like-minded colleagues who would like to be successful together. I’ll be doing a list builder giveaway campaign for writing teachers and coaches, launching...
Updated: August 1, 2023 IN THIS ARTICLE — On the power of Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) and a Survey for you! Jump here to take the survey right away. ** What good things...
A famous author once said that every book should contain a love story. Now, that author might not have thought that the love story needed a sex scene, but many novelists writing in every genre do include sex scenes in their books. And there’s a problem with that.
book marketing / Courses + Workshops
by Beth Barany · Published October 16, 2017 · Last modified October 20, 2017
If you want a career as a novelist or you just want a few strangers to buy your books, it’s probably a very good idea that you learn how to market your books and...
Halloween is on its way; time to get out Boney, our life-size skeleton decoration. He’s been around for several years now. His skull fell off his neck, but we repaired him and now he’s sitting in a fold-out chair on our porch, waving at passers-by, his skeleton hand high in the air.
book marketing / Book Promotion
by Beth Barany · Published October 6, 2017 · Last modified October 5, 2017
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