For some of us, web content is where the money is. We create splashy advertisements, buy fabulous websites, and waltz into local businesses to announce, “I can get people to like your website.”
All of that takes time. A lot of time…
We’re on vacation so I’m going to post some pictures from our trip this week.
For the past six weeks, we’ve spent every spare moment judging the hundreds of entries submitted for the Fall, 2011 24-Hour Short Story Contest…
Angie,
I just came back from the International Women’s Writing Guild Big Apple Conference in New York City. I have to tell you the audience of over 300 women authors went wild when I told them how little you charged me to self-publish my books ($517 for new authors; $367 for returning authors). This after another woman pitched her self-publishing firm for $8,000.00. Not only did I sell a lot of Fireflies, Fireflies Two-Vat 9 and Kisses To Die For books because your cover designer created such eye-catching book covers, but the women made sure that I autographed their books, and added your BookLocker.com site under my name.
Thank you so much for all your help in publishing my books, and thanks for assigning Todd to do my covers. He was an absolute delight to work with. It’s been a pleasure working with you.
A. R. Alan
https://www.aralanbooks.com
The good news is that when you agree to ghost write a book truly as a ghost, with no credit given to you as a writer, you will make a lot more money than if you were given credit.
Here’s the rub, though; your ghost contract prohibits you from ever telling anybody that you worked on the book. It also specifies your legal liabilities if you ever spill the beans to anybody, even to your mother or your best friend.
Legally bound to secrecy, how are you supposed to get your next ghost writing job? Here are some tricks of the trade…
Last week, it finally happened. My laptop was no longer getting power from the cord…
Letters will return next week.
What should I send? That’s the question so many writers ponder when asked to “send clips” or “writing samples.” At first it seems as if the answer should be quite simple, a few of your best samples that fit the topic. But then you stop and wonder what else they may be looking for…
I have found a few pictures on the Internet that I would like to use in my book. I have seen them on several different sites. However, I can’t seem to locate how or where to buy the rights to use them and I haven’t been able to find them (or anything similar) on the sites that allow you to purchase rights.
One website has given me permission to use them but I am not at all comfortable with this because I cannot be sure that THEY have the rights to be using them!
We moved from Maine to Florida in July and we haven’t seen Ali since we left. That’s been very hard on all of us, especially me, her mommy. She stayed behind to finish out the season as a pastry chef in Bar Harbor. Now that the Fall leaves are blowing and the heaters turned on, the season is winding down and Ali, along with her boyfriend, Mikey, are preparing to move down here as well…