Many authors ask me if they should choose a POD publisher based on the traffic the publisher’s website gets. This is what I tell them:
A common misconception among new authors is, “If I put it online, it will sell!”
Complaints Received About Shannon Ferguson / Words By Keystroke / wordsbykeystroke.com
Greetings Angela,
I enjoy the WritersWeekly newsletter and all that comes with it!
I have a comment on the “2 COMPLAINTS about Shannon Ferguson / Words By Keystroke“. At the very beginning of the first complaint, TL mentions that she originally bid on a project at oDesk, but that she and Ms. Ferguson agreed to contract the project outside of oDesk.
My comment: you are probably already aware, but websites like Elance, Guru, and oDesk have clear policies (to which providers are required to agree) regarding projects/providers acquired through their websites. Each of these businesses have their own regulations requiring employers/providers to keep their business within the website
It’s smart to stay nimble in the freelance writing business. When one revenue stream dries up, it helps to have another (and another!) to replace it. That’s one reason I began writing corporate Web page copy. With strong demand, good pay and rapid turn-around, branching out into writing Web copy makes plenty of sense.
I have written a few science fiction, fantasy short stories and combined them into a small novel. I know you have listed this before, but do you know of any legitimate publishers or agents who can help unpublished writers?
I wouldn’t recommend it as a way to jumpstart a career but the truth is that after I was divorced my writing income began to grow, exponentially.
Well, all these blizzards have been a hoot and we appreciate the Christmassy feelings we got but…enough is enough already.
The publishing sites were abuzz last week over Amazon’s claim that they sold more Kindle ebooks than print books on Christmas Day. The press release doesn’t name the Kindle ebooks that were “sold” (but, oddly enough, it does name some best selling print books). When I heard about the press release, I went to Amazon.com to see what was “selling” so well.
Letters will return next week.
I was wondering if you had been successful getting Google to drop your book from their published pages?
I blundered into writing historical novels from an eccentric starting point – contributing to a military blog, or mil-blog. In 2002, I began writing for a mil-blog that had been started by an Air Force mechanic. This interested me because I was myself retired from the Air Force. All that was required to write for the blog was to be a veteran or active-duty military – and to write. I liked to write, had opinions, and a background in public affairs as a military broadcaster, so I took the plunge.
