How Can Writing Be of Value?
We are writers. We all are writers. If we write a blog post we become in the most basic sense a writer. There are many different levels to this “writer” term, but it is important that we understand this. How…
Is There A Reason to Complain About AuthorHouse or Any Vanity Press?
So, you want to self-publish your book, and you really don’t have time to go and do a lot of research. You figure all you will need to do is to work with a bit of information and then you will…
What Would You Say Is Self-Publishing?
There is a debate within my group of writing friends as to what exactly self-publishing is “really.” For the most part we have decided that we would use the standard working definition of self-publishing as “anything done by the writer,…
Should a Self-Published Book Be A Goal?
I am self-publishing a book, and that is in and of itself an learning curve, it has taken time and a bit of smart money to do this. It has also taken a change of heart. If you had asked…
POD- Print on Demand and Publishing
What is POD? Aka Print On Demand? If You haven’t already done so: read part one here. but don’t forget to come back! Dollar signs To POD or not to print Christelle (my co-author and marketing partner) and I had…
Journey to Self-Publishing Damaria Senne
Don’t worry I’ll be back soon, but this is our guest blogger for the next two days– big hand for Damaria Senne from Storypot. She’s a long time reader of Living a Life of Writing. When she asked to guest…
Getting Constructive Critiques Are Good
I was asked to let the writing community have a say…. or at least tell me what they think. In other words, this was a request that I could not say no to. I wanted to, but then I realized…
Should You Self-Publish Your Book?
Should you self-publish your book? Add the variables It’s a simple question but it’s not a simple answer. A good writer will understand that a first draft is not something you should self-publish, and a second draft probably needs more…
