Ten Publishing Questions You Need to Answer
Publishing is “simple”. It’s where someone (you might be the one to do this) hits a “print” button or a publish button, and the result is either a physical book or a paperback book. Now that this is settled, let’s…
Eight Ways to Make Money Self-Publishing a Book
I will be the first to admit that self-publishing isn’t for everyone. It’s a hard road to travel when there are other commitments in my life. The question I am asked about what I do usually involves the concept of…
Writing That’s Hot Like an “Inferno”
It has been fun to start exploring the writers we admire and whose stories excite us. Aside from just revisiting our favourite books, it has given us a chance to do the thing we hated (or at least I…
Exploiting the Decline of Literacy
I may not be that old, but I can still remember a time when life was much less chaotic and fast-paced. Technology has developed in a way…
Casually Vacant Writing
We have spoken a lot on this blog about considering your audiences when you’re a writer and how important this is to being successful. How easy is it to get caught up in what we’re…
Get Up Offa That Thang!
It is inevitable that some people just completely disagree that you should spread your attention and effort between a hobby and an sustainable income. “I don’t want to do anything other than write!” “I’m not good at anything other than…
In My Writing, I Trust
Making a proclamation of trust in yourself as a writer I have a few friends who are writers and who are scared of publishing their work. They want to, but they’re scared. I find…
Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better
Why being able to publish and being successful at it are two totally different things With the excessive number of outlets for self-publishing available to writers today (nearly 42 MILLION Google search results for “self publishing companies”) it’s no…