Publishing News: A Bit of An Update
It’s almost here! I am so excited. Okay, let me relax and be a bit more coherent. After tons of edits and tons of re-writes, I’ve sent my manuscript off to the publisher. That is an accomplishment in my mind. …
Improving Your Writing: Many Ways For Writers To Improve
I think that we can all agree that as writers we need to consistently improve our writing. This can mean increasing the word count that we write each day or changing the style and tone of our writing. Everything can…
Of Money and Making Money Writing
I have to admit that writing is both something that I do for fun and something I do for money. It is not the paradox that many might think, but rather it is something that one simply becomes used to. …
Thoughts on Publishing and Money
I think this best describes what we do as writers. We write, then we edit, then we publish. At least we are done with that book. Somehow this is not the case. After our book is published we need to…
Self-Publishing Companies: The Need to Compare Them
This is not going to be about AuthorHouse, or IUniverse or Xlibris or any other vanity press. This is a comparison of prices for each of the three self-publishing companies you can choose to publish your book with. You need…
IS there An Option? Money Issues While Writing
It boils down to this: Making Money Issues. No matter which way we put it we need to make money. In fact if we are writing, there comes a time when it is either you do or you do not. …
Making Money With Self-Published Books: On Royalties
I had to do a bit of searching, but thanks to an email I read, I know a bit more about how you can make money, or more properly royalties, with your self-published books. For the purposes of this post,…
What About Author Solutions?
If you are about to publish a book, it is important to know a few things. One of them is knowing about vanity presses. One such large vanity press is Author Solutions. This is a huge multi group company. Most…