You might’ve heard the phrase, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” In reality, we all do it. If we have a hankering to find a new book, we might spend some time browsing Amazon. We’ll scroll through a hundred books before something catches our eye. What is it that we find? Most likely, […]
Before anyone starts putting pen to paper, they start thinking about the publishing process. They imagine their book on the shelves of Barnes & Noble or being selected Amazon’s top choice for the year. It’s an amazing goal, and one most of us have had. The problem is, once they attempt to start the process, […]
“Blogging doesn’t work for fiction writers!” I’ve heard this statement so many times. They say that fiction writers can’t gain new readers the way other bloggers do because no one is searching for what they have to offer. While I agree that someone might not be searching for your newest book “Dusted Earth”, that doesn’t […]
You’ve completed writing your book, plugging away for months, and now you want to know what to do next. Regardless of whether you choose to traditionally or independently publish, you should find an editor. It shouldn’t be an offense to you to say hiring a great editor is key. Even the greatest authors out there […]
Congratulations! You wrote a book and now you want to know what to do with it. The traditional way to get your book published is a long, tiresome journey usually fraught with endless rejection letters to the point of wanting to give up. First, you have to find an agent willing to take you on […]
There is a great deal of irony in the fact that many authors do not like to blog or feel they aren’t good at it. You would think that someone who writes for a living, or at least as a hobby, would be just fine writing blog posts. But alas, that isn’t the case. Someone […]