Author Career / Author Marketing
by Beth Barany · Published August 8, 2018 · Last modified August 7, 2018
“Learning the business side of selling your art is hard,” they say. An artist can’t learn business. An artist doesn’t want to learn how to do business. Their personality isn’t suited for business, and...
Please welcome author and book coach in training Carol Malone. Today she’s sharing her article regarding personal book coaching verses writer education found on the web. Enjoy! *** I’ve been doing a lot of editing lately,...
When you sit down to create a novel, graphic novel, screenplay, or any other piece of writing, chances are you have a purpose in mind—an idea to get across, or just characters and a story to share with the world.
Each chapter will be an essay by a different author on what they’ve learned through inspiration to write fiction, through applying the universal truths of their lives to fiction, and other gnosis learned through the process of writing. Wherever this wisdom comes from, it all qualifies as long as it occurred in the author’s mind due to writing fiction.
Are you trying to edit one novel while writing another? This is what many writers find themselves having to do. Maybe you recently finished a novel, during NaNo perhaps. Or you wrote one awhile back and shelved it. Regardless, unless you edit that manuscript several times over it won’t be ready for prime time.
In January I started a new series project. This time I did it right. During my writing career I’ve morphed from a complete pantser (one who dives in with no set plan) to an assisted pantser (one who must have significant sign posts to complete the story journey safely). With my first series, The Kyn Kronicles,
For many artists, writing is a white-knuckle experience that causes suffering. Loosely paraphrased, as Buddhism says, suffering arises from attachment – to thoughts, feelings and attitudes that create the nature of the experiences we have. What if you could take a more Zen approach to your writing?
artist entrepreneur / Guest Columnists
by Beth Barany · Published July 5, 2013 · Last modified June 24, 2013
Welcome to the Artist Entrepreneur Column, an occasional series where we talk about the fun, wild and scary ride of succeeding as an artist entrepreneur of all stripes and types and mediums. Welcome back guest...
artist entrepreneur / Guest Columnists / social media for authors
by Beth Barany · Published March 1, 2013 · Last modified February 25, 2013
The great promise of social media is relationship building. To build relationships, you have to go beyond broadcasting and get into more meaningful conversations.
Even though you send out your promotion pieces one at a time, in various places and contexts, you need a way to pull these visual fragments together into a memorable whole.
An author can stamp his feet and rant that nobody is buying his book, and continue to struggle to get noticed. Or he can get clear on whether the action he is taking is really going to allow him to achieve the reach that he desires.
Enjoy this guest post from fun, bubbly and oh-so-practical, Alara Castell! Useful for all us Author Entrepreneurs! *** I feel this post can relate to anything from finding a partner, to attracting more clients, to...
by Beth Barany · Published September 14, 2012 · Last modified September 20, 2012
Welcome to Artist Entrepreneur Fridays, where we talk about the fun, wild and scary ride of succeeding as an artist entrepreneur of all stripes and types and mediums. Welcome back guest columnist, Aletta de Wal. She...
My very own copy of ‘The Artist’s Handbook of Materials and Techniques’ Ralph Mayer arrived today. I agree with this Amazon review: “ Probably the best, most available and comprehensive book on the technical aspects of painting. Very useful for artists who pursue absolute soundness of technique with a mind for permanence of their work.
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