Mason’s top two front teeth and two other bottom teeth have been loose for weeks. Despite our urging, he’s been avoiding wiggling the front teeth because he “needs” them for his favorite veggie, corn on the cob.
On our way home from dinner the other night, Mason suddenly yelled, “My tooth came out!”
Have you ever wondered how companies get ad space on billboards? Have you thought about buying billboard space to promote your book, or other product or service?
The venues listed for the book signings are the wrong places to do book signings. There would never be enough people to make it worthwhile.
For the places in which to do it right, you usually you need a few months of preparation time and money to book a table at a place that has high traffic, which includes people that would normally buy your book. Basically, going where thousands of people will be with $100s of dollars to spend.
People who read the material I write would generally be found at game expos and fan expos. At those places, you can also charge for the signature. Dressing up might help as well.
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One of the first things freelancers, self-employed professionals, and entrepreneurs have to learn very, very quickly is the art of closing the deal. The problem is, despite having worked in the business for years, many freelance writers still don’t realize that they’re responsible for being proactive about this and that this business term – closing the deal – doesn’t just apply to other businesses, but to everything they do.
I now have three pieces that have been awaiting publication for several months – around
When I started writing, I read somewhere that if you wanted to be a successful writer you had to stick to one genre and develop your craft. But, I loved to write everything: poems, essays and short stories. I searched the classifieds in Poets and Writers Magazine, and found places to send my work. My poems were published first – in literary magazines that didn’t pay a dime. Poetry anthologies were next; no money came with those publications, either. At least now I had credits to list in cover letters when I submitted essays and short stories…
Ali and I were out running errands with Max and Mason last weekend and, when we emerged from the craft store, the sunny, blue Florida sky had turned black. We had one more stop to make (the grocery store) and I was determined to get home before the sky opened up. We didn’t make it. Not even close…
Based on a survey we did several years ago, most authors who had done a book signing were disappointed with the results. Most reported selling fewer than five copies of each title, and also reported they spent far more time and money preparing for the signing than they earned in profits from book sales.
We wanted to see how things have changed so we sent out a call for information last week. Here are four of the responses…
Letters will return next week.
Back when I was in high school, I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to write what I wanted, when I wanted. I wanted it to be informational, yet conversational. I wanted to control when and what I wrote about, yet still have a consistent job…
