Is It Time to Raise Your Rates for Your Repeat Clients? – by Ian Chandler
This is one of the trickier situations a freelance writer can deal with, and it’s a fairly common situation at that…
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What’s a “Vertical” Publication? And, How Can You Get In On the Ground Floor? – by Shanon Lee
A “vertical” is when a new publication sprouts from a previous one. Get your feet in on the ground floor of these often well-funded new pubs!
“Online/Virtual Book Fair?” Don’t Bother….
I was spammed this week by an organization that hosts book fairs. Of course, it’s all online again this year. No in-person meetings. No people walking around viewing books laid out on tables. Nobody shaking hands with literary agents. You know. It’s really…nothing of value to authors AT ALL.
Another Reason Authors Must Own and Control Their Own Websites? CANCEL CULTURE!
If you let any other person or company host your website, they have the power to “cancel” you if they don’t like something in your book, something you wrote online, or even some of your social media posts. You may think you’re safe from this garbage right now but you never know which way the politically correct tide is going to move in the future…
LAST CHANCE! START-TIME IS TOMORROW!! What Will the Fall, 2021 24-Hour Short Story Contest Topic Be?!?!
Are the leaves changing yet in your neighborhood? They are here! And, what better way to entertain yourself than by entertaining US with a fantastic story on this cozy weekend?!
Will it be there be pumpkins, hay bales, and beautiful falling leaves? How about some crisp apples at an orchard? A cold wind, or an early snow perhaps? Maybe something dark and creepy awaiting unwary trick or treaters! Or…maybe not!
How to Build Your Author Brand Through Online Events – by Emma Hall
Running your own event online can offer the same advantages of appearing at live events, with the added bonus of reaching a wider audience, and connecting with your readers!
Promoting Your Writing Business in Very Bad Times – by Joshua Pantalleresco
Big companies realize that you have to do more to attract the money that is out there. Writers have to do the same thing.
5 Ways to “Pandemic Proof” Your Writing Business – by Jennifer Brown Banks
Forget what you’ve been told. Don’t believe the hype. Despite the doom and gloom predictions for the rest of the year, there will always be avenues to earn cash as a professional writer.
Three Questions to Ask AND Answer BEFORE You Pitch an Article Idea by Joshua Pantalleresco
With each pitch I make, I ask myself three very important questions.
NEVER, EVER Buy THESE Book Promotion Products/Services. PERIOD.
Don’t even WORK with a publisher who upsells authors on these kinds of (bleep)…