Why You Need an Editor
Why you need an editor and how professional editing could help you sell more books! In the Beginning Growing up, I wasn’t familiar with the word troglodyte but, if I had been, I would probably have taken a perverse pride in being one. I eschewed cassettes or CDs, preferring my grandmother’s old gramophone. I […]
Kickstarter for Authors
A Kickstarter First: Selling Space in Books Using Kickstarter for Authors! By Lori Fettner I am cursed to be a picture book author who can’t draw. My first two published books were for adults, but I always wanted to write children’s books, even when I was a child myself. I managed my first two […]
Writing Takes Practice! A Lot of It!
Writing isn’t something that most of us can just pick up and be immediately successful at! Practice, Man, Practice! by author Dale E. Lehman A man walking lost in New York City comes across a street musician playing tunes on a violin. Hoping the musician can give him directions, he asks, “Can you tell […]
The Road from Trade Published to Self Published
An Exciting Guest Post from Author Angela Page about the Road From Trade Published to Self Published! Join us as we travel down the road from trade published to self-published with author Angela Page! My first book, “Matched in Heaven,” was published by a small press. I was prepared to do my own marketing, […]
Pen Names. Do You Still Get to Know The True Author?
An Interesting Opinion on Pen Names: Why and As A Reader Are You Experiencing Everything the Author has to Offer? A guest blog by Ellie Jean Taking my journey as an author into the world of contemporary romance writing, it was necessary to use pen names. *Ben Jackson – My wife and I also chose […]
Finding Self-Publishing Help
Finding Self-Publishing Help Written by Rita Emmett When I started writing my first picture book, I didn’t know how to find help, especially self-publishing help. However, I have written several other successfully published books. My first draft was 2,000 words. I attended a seminar, heard that books should be approximately 800 words or less, […]