Published on November 19, 2021
author, book marketing, book signing advice, diversify your writing income, Print on demand, promoting your writing, self-publishing, traditional publishing

Visions of sugarplums dance in the heads of novice writers. Hollywood has left them with the fantasy picture of authors being sent on lavish press tours where adoring fans line up at the signing table and where the writer is hounded by eager reporters…
Published on November 4, 2021
author, book marketing, diversify your writing income, Networking, Print on demand, self-publishing, storytelling, traditional publishing, write that book, writing career advice, writing tips

There are only 51 days until Christmas. That’s 36 business days. Most full-service print on demand/publishing services firms take around 4-6 months to get a book to market. Some offer rush services but NONE of them offers a 2-week publishing program…except BookLocker…
Published on October 29, 2021
copyrights, legal, Networking, self-publishing

The publisher may be planning to do something more with your illustrations than you would want.
Published on October 21, 2021
author, book marketing, book signing advice, Networking, Print on demand, promoting your writing, self-publishing, social media, traditional publishing, writing career advice

My email was (horrors!) insulting and the dastardly diva sure showed me! She wrote back, saying she was…
Published on October 15, 2021
author scams, movie rights scams, self-publishing, traditional publishing, writing career advice, writing scams

If Netflix was actually interested in your book, they would not send you such a generic letter.
Published on October 8, 2021
author solutions, Balboa Press, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, pod complaints, self-publishing, writing career advice

It’s been four years since we’ve checked up on Balboa Press. We decided to revisit them after we yet received another complaint about Balboa Press from an author just this week. Things are definitely NOT looking any better!
Published on October 1, 2021
book marketing, book signing advice, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, self-publishing, writing scams

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.
Published on September 22, 2021
author, author scams, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing career advice

Don’t pay professionals to format your manuscripts before choosing a publisher. Here’s why.
Published on September 20, 2021
ghostwriting, legal, self-publishing

“A woman wants me to ghostwrite a book about her abusive childhood? This makes me nervous. Could I be sued?”
Published on September 9, 2021
author, author scams, book marketing, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing career advice

I recommend pulling your book from the market.