Published on August 19, 2021
Book Reviews, legal, storytelling

Frustrated, and with my eyes at the crossing pint, I grabbed my tablet, and turned on Netflix. On occasion, I enjoy listening to documentaries and movies when I’m doing boring tasks. And, I found one humdinger of a documentary!!
Published on August 19, 2021

I mentioned a couple of things that happened recently in our lives. She shook her head and said she already knew.
I said, “How?”
Published on August 12, 2021
amazon, author scams, book marketing, Book Reviews, book signing advice, bookstores, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, Networking, Print on demand, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing, writing career advice, writing scams

Don’t even WORK with a publisher who upsells authors on these kinds of (bleep)…
Published on August 12, 2021

When we first moved here, a contractor who was coming at a certain time of day asked me, “Eastern or Central?” Duh, dude! Eastern. It didn’t take me long to figure out why he asked me that…
Published on August 12, 2021
amazon, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, self-publishing, traditional publishing

“I’ve already had a couple of people tell me they bought his books instead of mine…”
Published on August 11, 2021
book marketing, bookstores, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing career advice

Good covers sell. Bad covers not only don’t attract customers, but can actively annoy.
Published on August 7, 2021
Congratulations to Caitlin Loggins for being the first to correctly answer: 1. The book itself and 2. the author’s marketing savvy and efforts. According to last week’s issue of WritersWeekly, a book’s sales potential depends on two things. What are they? ***Please answer the trivia question using our contact form HERE. Do not post the […]
Published on August 6, 2021
author, book marketing, diversify your writing income, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing career advice

It’s always better to have three products to sell instead of one.
Published on August 6, 2021
worst book proposals and query letters, writing career advice

Oh, yes! We know you’re excited!! Today, we’re going to share another installment of our popular column, World’s Worst Query Letters and Book Proposals. We’ve been savings these for a few weeks now so there are a LOT to entertain you!
Published on August 6, 2021

As I continued to scrape my fingernails deeply and repeatedly across my entire foot, I responded, “Sure! A shot. A serrated knife. Whatever you can grab is fine. But please do it really fast because I AM GOING INSANE!” She gave me a funny look, and…