Published on August 10, 2005
I was recently contacted by an agent concerning my first book that I have written. I wrote the book but did receive ideas, comments and critiques from one of my friends during weekly brain storming sessions. We have a friendship agreement to split any profits 50/50, minus expenses, I have but I feel like I need some type of contract signed before I send out my proposal to the agent later this week. I was wondering if there was a website with example contracts I can pull from and get this taken care of.
Published on August 10, 2005
“Please get your shoes on, Girlies. Mommy has a mail drop to make before 5:00!” I help my two small daughters put on their tennis shoes, grab my stack of manila envelopes, and head out the door.
Published on August 3, 2005
We’ve finalized our itinerary for our next big RV trip. We’re once again taking our family and business on the road. We’ll be running our business from campgrounds that offer wireless Internet access and have plans to visit most of our relatives and many old friends along the way on this trip. We’re leaving Maine on August 19th. It usually starts cooling off in Maine in late August so we’ll be heading west and south in just the niche of time!
Published on August 3, 2005
Ah, but what a kettle of controversy we stirred up with last week’s article. In case you missed it, we came out publicly against those so-called “Amazon.com Best Seller” programs, which are very good at taking money from hopeful authors while teaching them how to manipulate the Amazon.com best seller database, thus giving the false impression that their book is any good and is selling in great numbers. Basically, these programs teach you how to get a bunch of people to buy your book on the same day, around the same time, making your book, albeit for just a few minutes or hours, an Amazon.com Best Seller in a certain category. You then get to say your book is an “Amazon.com Best Seller.”
Published on August 3, 2005
This Week:
- No Social Security Number Until Contract Offered!
- Amazon.com Best Seller? Ha!
- From A Friend In Argentina
Published on August 3, 2005
Would you like to get an abundance of article assignments without writing a single query letter? By getting sub-contact work from public relations agencies, I wrote over 100 newsletter articles, a professional column in a monthly trade publication, and a chapter in a travel guidebook. Sub-contract work gave me the opportunity to write for large, prestigious companies such as Bell & Howell, Grant Thornton, LaSalle National Bank and many others.
Published on August 3, 2005
After being laid off four times in as many years, I knew I could do better in freelance writing than as an executive secretary.
I had been writing piecemeal for a few magazines and newspapers for years; however, once my day job evaporated, I put all my energy into freelancing.
Published on July 27, 2005
Frank, age 12, who has always been the class clown (before we started homeschooling him anyway) has a very quick, very bright sense of humor. He can really keep us rolling most days.
Published on July 27, 2005
I received the following inquiry from a reader two weeks ago:
Angela,
I saw an ad in a well-known zine that offered a “free telephone
seminar” about “how any author can become an Amazon.com bestseller.”
What are your thoughts on their message?
C.
Published on July 27, 2005
This Week:
- AOL = Amateurs On Line
- Amazon.com Best Seller Scams
