Published on August 27, 2025
author, backstories, New Releases, storytelling, WritersWeekly Podcast
If you couldn’t get to a doctor, How would you deal with a broken limb, or a serious laceration, or a snakebite? What if you get sick? Dr. La Guardia offers options for these, and SO many more! And, HE’S FUNNY! 🙂
Published on August 27, 2025
author, author scams, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, social media, writing scams
AI tools can create a webpage with fake authors and titles, produce a proposal with a muffled ring of authenticity, and even render a phone speaker’s voice in almost unaccented American English. Almost.
Published on August 21, 2025
author, author scams, Print on demand, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice, writing scams
Advances? Royalty rates? Bookstore placement? Book signings? Things have REALLY changed in the past few years!
Published on August 21, 2025
author, book marketing, diversify your writing income, promoting your writing, writing career advice
A professional photographer knows how to capture not only your book but also photos of you as the author in the best possible light.
Published on August 21, 2025
author, author scams, Publishing Scams, writing scams
Three signs this email was from a scammer.
Published on August 14, 2025
audiobooks, author, book marketing, diversify your writing income, Print on demand, promoting your writing, self-publishing, storytelling, traditional publishing, writing career advice
A whole generation won’t read, but they do LISTEN to books! Get your book in the ears of those folks!
Published on August 14, 2025
author, book marketing, diversify your writing income, promoting your writing, social media, writing career advice
After announcing the contest, and offering an impressive prize, I put together a list of ten questions, the answers to which could only be found on my website, and…
Published on July 25, 2025
author, author scams, copyrights, editing, legal, self-publishing
An author’s rep “promised” to distribute royalties to the author’s children if she died. B.S.!
Published on July 17, 2025
author, editing, ghostwriting, WritersWeekly Podcast, writing career advice
What is the #1 THING YOU SHOULD NEVER, EVER DO when you receive your manuscript back from your editor?
Published on July 17, 2025
author, diversify your writing income, promoting your writing, storytelling, writing career advice
What if you took those daily scribbles and packaged them into something that sells?
