Publicity and Your Book, and Why You Need to Market It
Marketing your book is the same as talking about your book except that with great marketing you can reach out to a wider audience. For example, a person who is not a part of your network might come across a…
Can You Make Money By Blogging If You Are a Writer?
Writers need money. The fact that you have something to say is important, but how you say it allows you to make something that you want. If you write a blog, you have followers, and you want to have someone…
Metamorphosis and the Modern Writer
Reinvention as a tool for making money and publishing again and again In honour of our blog’s current metamorphosis, I thought it would be nice to comment briefly on change and reinvention that headlines any great artist’s success. All month…
What Makes a Best Selling Author (Money or Numbers)?
We are all writers. We have published a book, and we would all love to make the claim of being a bestselling author on Amazon. We like the idea that people value our writing so much so that we have…
When Publishing A Book on CreateSpace
There are a lot of opportunities to go to a self-publishing site and have your books published and distributed for you. One of the most popular publishing places to choose is CreateSpace, owned by the bookseller Amazon, and they will…
Are You Following Your Dreams?
The question is simple; the answer is not. I know of too many writers who have made excuses about their writing for many years. I have heard some say that they can not afford to write because they have a…
Enjoy Success! Then Keep Writing
It’s a special day when you can finally tell people that you have published a book. It’s a lovely day when you can sit back and read the work of a great writer, and then can come up with more…
Success (or something like it)
There are a lot of theories out there discussing how to define and achieve success, but I would like to propose a simpler approach. How we achieve success as writers is ultimately dependent on how we choose to…