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The Business of Being an Author: Taking the Advice That Feels Right to Me
In Leo Babauta’s post about how he conducts his business, he talks about the mistakes he’s made as he’s built his business. I’ve made more than my fair share of mistakes as well. I learned that I need...
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The Business of Being an Author: What is Success?
Most articles about publishing focus on selling a ton of books with the ultimate goal of leaving behind the lousy day job to make a living as an author. That’s a great job if you can get it, and I’m...
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In Praise of Day Jobs
A cute picture of a cat proofreading a manuscript. I know, I know… this is the opposite of what everyone else talks about. I’ve talked before about how most posts about publishing are directed toward...
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Another Rejection Letter? Here’s an Editor’s Point of View
You mean I have to do work for a PhD? Who would have thought? The truth is, I’m enjoying my work for my doctorate, but it certainly is time consuming. I knew it would be, but crazy me I signed up...
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Baking Time: Giving Your Story Time to Breathe
When the indie author revolution started several years ago, there was a lot of advice about how authors must do things in order to be successful. One piece of sage advice still making the rounds is how...
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How Do You Handle Negative Book Reviews? You Trust, That’s What You Do.
Like everything else with writing and publishing, there are a lot of opinions about how to handle negative book reviews. Here’s one from Digital Book World, one from Write to Done, and my personal...
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How to Get Published
A few weeks ago I was invited to speak at Writers Block, a group of young writers who are studying the craft of writing. When I asked what the group wanted to learn about, the answer came back...
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99 Cent Promotions: Which Had the Best Results?
When I first released When It Rained at Hembry Castle in February, I decided to set the price at 99 cents so I could use the first couple of months to run ads on the various book promotions sites....
View ArticleAnother Rejection Letter? Here’s an Editor’s Point of View
You mean I have to do work for a PhD? Who would have thought? The truth is, I’m enjoying my work for my doctorate, but it certainly is time consuming. I knew it would be, but crazy me I signed up...
View ArticleBaking Time: Giving Your Story Time to Breathe
When the indie author revolution started several years ago, there was a lot of advice about how authors must do things in order to be successful. One piece of sage advice still making the rounds is how...
View ArticleHow Do You Handle Negative Book Reviews? You Trust, That’s What You Do.
Like everything else with writing and publishing, there are a lot of opinions about how to handle negative book reviews. Here’s one from Digital Book World, one from Write to Done, and my personal...
View ArticleHow to Get Published
A few weeks ago I was invited to speak at Writers Block, a group of young people studying the craft of writing. When I asked what the group wanted to learn about, the answer came back overwhelmingly...
View Article99 Cent Promotions: Which Had the Best Results?
When I first released When It Rained at Hembry Castle in February, I decided to set the price at 99 cents so I could use the first couple of months to run ads on the various book promotions sites....
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In Praise of Day Jobs
I know this is the opposite of what everyone else talks about. I’ve talked before about how most posts about publishing are directed toward one goal: leaving behind that dreadful day job (Bad day job!...
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