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The Most Important Thing About Writing?
Knowing when you need to spend a bit of money. Around here an ISBN is free, but you have to send in two copies of your book (e-book, paperback or hardcover) to the national library. In the US, I’ve heard…
Publishing: Self-Publishing Notes
When you decide to self-publish there are ten things you need to understand: 1) You have to pay directly or indirectly for an ISBN. 2) You spend money on an editor. 3) You self-edit and you spend more money on…
To Make Money… You Need To… Editors and Publishers
Spend money on editing, or at least have a really really good edit. This is a must for any writer who wants to publish or even self-publish… Why do I say this? One of my friends is highly interested in getting…
Can Writing a Blog Help You Self-Publish?
Writers are a class on their won. In fact we have an idea– and we write about it, and then we want to publish it. Now, some will go the traditional publishing route, but I think it’s best to talk…
The Content or The Traffic: What Is More Important To You?
It’s not as if you can sit down and write just about anything and expect that people will love no matter what. This doesn’t happen. I would like to ask this question: What is more important to you? The content…
How To Guest Blog? Don’t You Mean How to Make Money?
Let’s get something straight here, I write a writing blog, and this means I also let people guest blog from time to time. I enjoy the fact there are people who love the art of writing as much as I…
How To Improve You Writing: One Editor, And Spend Money Wisely.
Everyone can be a critic. I mean this as a good thing. The fact is that you will have bad reviews for whatever you write, but then you will also have good reviews. The key is that you will need…
Frankly, I Don’t Like Certain Vanity Presses
A vanity press sent me their sales pitch… great, just what I wanted, this was AuthorHouse, which I am sure got my email long ago when I was doing my research and looking to find out more information…. No, I…