If You’re an Indie Author, How do you Establish Legitimacy? by Laurel Osterkamp
Discover how indie authors can establish legitimacy in publishing. Laurel Osterkamp shares insights on reviews, contests, and promotions.
Discover how indie authors can establish legitimacy in publishing. Laurel Osterkamp shares insights on reviews, contests, and promotions.
Author interview with Patricia Simpson where she discusses what inspires her to write and shares what her writing routine looks like.
Authors have many production expenses and it’s important to know how to allocate those expenses to each publication for record keeping.
Fiction is made up, so write the story fiction as you want, based on your unique experiences, not how others tell you to.
Copyrighting your manuscript and obtaining an ISBN for publishing are important decisions every independent author would do well to understand in order to make the best decision for themselves.
Good editing can make or break your manuscript, but as an indie author, Janelle Riley knows that this can’t always be in the budget. She shares when to choose self-editing and how to get started.
Self-publishing is fantastic for those seeking more control over how their novel is sold, but it is surrounded by myths and misconceptions, so Janelle Riley tells us the truth about self-publishing.
Novelists, learn the four ways to audit your ads and some do’s and don’t’s from scifi romance author, Keri Kruspe, who is right there in the middle of running ads for her novels.
To blog as a novelist: what to blog about and more. The adventures, tips, benefits, and challenges of sci-fi romance author, Keri Kruspe. With lots of resources if you want to start blogging.
Now that Keri Kruspe has gotten more than six months of being an indie author under her belt, she takes a step back to see what (if anything) she would have done differently to start her publishing career.
Travel writing sounds so glamorous; get paid to see legendary places, sample unusual food, sleep in exotic hotels, all on a magazine’s expense account. Wow right?
by Beth Barany · Published August 21, 2014 · Last modified August 19, 2014
Join me in giving a warm welcome back to our monthly columnist, author Kay Keppler, as she shares her tips with us on breaking through writers block. Enjoy! *** You know how hard writing is. Just finding...
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by Beth Barany · Published June 11, 2012 · Last modified June 8, 2012
What does it take to be a successful author? It may not be what you think. Here’s the story from guest columnist, Karen Lenfestey, author of A Sister’s Promise.
It’s not what you think. No self-destructing, selfmedicationg, self-denial. Okay, a little…chocolate is okay. Make sure it’s 70% dark (Lindt, yum!) so you get the medicinal properties, too. Really, how do you deal with overwhelm as you navigate your busy indie author career? Well, I can only share with you what I do, what others suggest that I ignore, and things I’ve heard others say work for them.
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