This week, I’m sharing our 30 “most clicked on” links and articles for 2022. Some of these were published before 2022 but they remain popular year after year. Enjoy!
- Our Writer’s Guidelines!
- How I Made $10K Last Month Writing and Selling Erotica by Anonymous
- Our Search Page for Paying Markets for Writers
- 12 Ways to Avoid Getting Sued When Writing Your Memoirs
- Is Your Book Suddenly “Unavailable” on Amazon? Are They Up to Their Old Tricks Again?!
- What’s a “Vertical” Publication? And, How Can You Get In On the Ground Floor? by Shanon Lee
- And, Even MORE Complaints about Amazon KDP!
- Annual Self-Publishing Price Comparison!
- COMPLAINTS and Comments about Archway Publishing
- Complaints about Balboa Press
- WritersWeekly.com’s 24-Hour Short Story Contest!
- MORE AMAZON KDP COMPLAINTS! Poor print quality, incorrect sales reporting, dismissive customer service reps, and so much more!
- Any Writer Who Sends Me This Kind of Filth Will Be Reported to the Authorities
- Complaints about SPS / Self Publishing School / Chandler Bolt
- It Happened To Me! Reader’s Magnet Called!! – a humorous contribution by Chris Hanly
- 6 Paying Spiritual Markets for Writers! by Tatiana Claudy
- Healthline (a paying market listing for writers)
- The Most Unprofessional Request I’ve Ever Received from an Author
- BOOKBABY COMPLAINTS
- AN OPEN LETTER TO AMAZON: Please stop putting garbage books on the market!
- Do You Need to Hire a Freelancer? Post Your Job Right Here FOR FREE!
- What the Heck Is a Hed/Dek? Learning the Lingo in Periodical Publishing By Janene Mascarella
- SELF-PUBLISHING THIS YEAR? – How Many Book Sales Needed to Recoup Your Investment?
- Scaring for Pay: 10 Paying Horror Markets for Writers! – By Alex J. Coyne
- ON MY SOAPBOX AGAIN! – Trigger Warnings ON BOOKS?!?!
- Author Kills Using Violent Scene from His Own Novel!
- How Does Amazon REALLY Get Print on Demand Books to Their Customers?
- If You Can’t Get Writing Work Right Now, You Have Only Yourself to Blame
- WATCH THAT TONE! Learn To Speak The Language That Editors Love By Sarojni Mehta-Lissak
- “Can I include scans of newspaper articles in my book? My book IS educational.”
DON’T FORGET! The Winter, 2023 24-Hour Short Story Contest is only 3 WEEKS AWAY!
See the link below for all past topics and winning stories. Only 500 participants are allowed per contest so don’t delay if you wanna play!
COME JOIN US RIGHT HERE ON SATURDAY, 01/21/23! It’s a blast! 🙂
1st Place $300 + a Book Publishing Package from BookLocker.com! (Value: $975)
2nd Place: $250
3rd Place: $200
+ 80 other prizes!
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- 24-Hour Short Story Contest Rules
- Past 1st Place Stories
- All Past Winning Stories
- All Past Topics
- Enter the contest!
Got questions about Print On Demand and Self-publishing? Ask Angela Hoy.
Got questions about Print On Demand and Self-publishing? Ask Angela Hoy.
About The Author
Angela Hoy is the publisher of WritersWeekly.com, the author of 19 books, and the co-owner of BookLocker.com (one of the original POD publishers that still gets books to market in less than a month), PubPreppers.com (print and ebook design for authors who truly want to self-publish), and Abuzz Press (the publishing co-op that charges no setup fees).
Angela has lived and traveled across the U.S. with her kids in an RV, settled in a river-side home in Bradenton, FL, and lived on a 52 ft Irwin sailboat. Angela now resides on a mountaintop in Northwest Georgia, where she plans to spend the rest of her days bird watching, gardening, hiking, and taking in all of the amazing sunrises.
WritersWeekly.com - the free marketing ezine for writers, which features new paying markets and freelance job listings every Wednesday.
BookLocker.com - According to attorney Mark Levine, author of The Fine Print, BookLocker is: "As close to perfection as you're going to find in the world of ebook and POD publishing. The ebook royalties are the highest I've ever seen, and the print royalties are better than average. BookLocker understands what new authors experience, and have put together a package that is the best in the business. You can't go wrong here. Plus, they're selective and won't publish any manuscript just because it's accompanied by a check. Also, the web site is well trafficked. If you can find a POD or epublisher with as much integrity and dedication to selling authors' books, but with lower POD publishing fees, please let me know."
Abuzz Press offers FAST and FREE book publication, but only accepts a small percentage of submissions, and only works with U.S. authors.
PubPreppers.com - "We Prep, You Publish!" Print and ebook design for authors who truly want to self-publish. Offers formatting and design services only, and then provides simple instructions for authors on where to sign up to have the print and ebook editions printed/listed/sold. Cut out the middle man. Keep 100% of what bookstores pay for your book!
Angela's POD Secrets Revealed Series can be found HERE.
Have a POD Book with another publisher? See if BookLocker can give you a better deal. (BookLocker offers "disgruntled author discounts" to those who want to move from other POD services.)
See BookLocker's publishing packages HERE.
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BOOKLOCKER ON FACEBOOK - Provides links to free excerpts!
https://www.facebook.com/booklockerbooks
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ANGELA ON LINKEDIN
https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelahoy/
Angela is the creator of the Original 24-Hour Short Story Contest!
https://24hourshortstorycontest.com/
Read More Of Angela's Articles HERE
The Art and Craft of Writing and Editing
Writing is a constant dialogue between author and reader.
The craft of writing involves an interchange of emotions between an author and a reader. An author creates a story line, conflict, and characters, gives his characters words to speak, and then hands off these materials to a reader. This process results in a constant dialogue between the mental imagery produced by a reader and that proposed by the author.
Read more here:
https://writersweekly.com/books/6712.html
Writing FAST: How to Write Anything with Lightning Speed
A systematic approach to writing that generates better quality quickly!
Chock full of ideas, tips, techniques and inspiration, this down-to-earth book is easy to read, and even easier to apply. Let author Jeff Bollow take you through a process that brings your ideas to the page faster, more powerfully and easier than ever before.
Read more here:
https://writersweekly.com/books/3695.html
7.625 STRATEGIES IN EVERY BEST-SELLER - Revised and Expanded Edition
At this moment, thousands of would-be authors are slaving away on their keyboards, dreaming of literary success. But their efforts won’t count for much. Of all those manuscripts, trade book editors will sign up only a slim fraction.
And of those titles--ones that that editors paid thousands of dollars to contract, print and publicize--an unhealthy percentage never sell enough copies to earn back their advances. Two years later, most will be out of print!
Acquisition Editor Tam Mossman shares seven essentials every book needs to stay in print, and sell!
Read more here:
https://writersweekly.com/books/5635.html
So, You Wanna Be a Ghostwriter - How To Make Money Writing Without a Byline
Many freelance writers find it difficult to break into the publishing world. What they don't know, however, is that there's a faster and easier way to see their words in print. It's called ghostwriting, and it's an extremely lucrative, fun, and challenging career.
But how do you get started as a ghostwriter? How do you find new clients who will pay you to write their material? How do you charge? And what kind of contracts do you need to succeed? All these questions and more are answered in So, You Wanna Be a Ghostwriter...How to Make Money Writing Without a Byline.
Read more here:
https://writersweekly.com/books/49.html