Should Traditionally Publishing Your Book be Your Only Goal?
We all want to make money in this writing business and one of the main ways to make money as a writer is by publishing our books, because not only does it mean money right away but it can also…
When a Title is not Just a Title: Money Issues
This is one of the most overlooked pieces of writing information. That of the title. This can make you money and can make you book stand out or, on the other hand can reduce your book sales since it sounds…
Publishing as a Business
Sometimes, most writers will not think of publishing as a business, they simply write the story they want to write and then set out to publish it. But really publishing is a business. For example let us say that you…
Content and Writing and Money? Is There a Difference between Content and Writing?
I was asked this a few days ago, and here it is: What is more important: the content, or the writing or the money in terms of a blog? A blog is something that is a bit time consuming, and can…
CreateSpace Costs and Money Based on A Comment by Michelle
One of my regular readers, pointed me to a great blog, the literary lab, and one of the more recent posts was one how much self-publishing will in fact cost you. Now go and read it and come back for…
Should You Think of Making Money When Self-Publishing?
This may seem like something that comes with a simple answer, but really it is the very question that people seem to think not so hard about. Writers have their reasons to self-publish their books, it might be because they…
Three Simple Ways to Promote Your Writing
Writers can promote their work to others in many ways. Part of the challenge is the fact that there are as many ways of promotion as there are of writing. It is easy to be a writer these days but…
Should Writers Take a Writing Course?
Some writers will be quite adamant about taking writing courses and how helpful they are to them. Some writers take these courses and find that, to their amazement, that it does not help them quite the way they wanted it…