How I Sold a Million Books – by Darlene Franklin
In this article, I’ve listed both tried-and-true methods for book promotion, as well as ones of my own invention…
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A BALLSY Move! Using YOUR Picture as the Lead Character On YOUR Book’s Cover – by Khalil A. Barnett
A ballsy move, to be sure. For a number of reasons. Not the least of which being that the story, it’s right there in the synopsis, has a lot of sex in it. Imagine that conversation with mom…
An Author’s Occupational Hazard: Being Sued for Libel or Defamation – by Harvey Randall, Esq.
While it is better that an author not be sued for having allegedly libeled or defamed someone, winning any such litigation would definitely be a desirable result and there are some things an author should keep in mind to that end…
LAST CHANCE! THIS SATURDAY!! What will the Summer, 2020 24-Hour Short Story Contest Topic Be?!?!
Are you ready for a romantic beach-read topic? Or, will it be a something intriguing and suspenseful? Or, will it be something else entirely? You”ll soon find out! SIGN UP TODAY FOR TONS OF FUN!!
Self-publishing May Be the Last Bastion of Free Speech
He has been shopping a new manuscript to traditional publishers, and said some now have verbiage in their guidelines saying that they won’t accept any manuscripts that don’t have any…
55 Dos and Don’ts of Book Selling Has Been Published! – Get Your FREE Copy TODAY!!
As promised two weeks ago, my new book, 55 Dos and Don’ts of Book Selling, has been published! And, current WritersWeekly subscribers get a copy for FREE – just for the asking!
“Would you please put up a list of questions authors should ask publishers?”
Thanks for the warning about “Christian” publishers. Would you please put up a list of questions to ask a publisher, “Christian” or non-Christian? Would you also give authors a range of fair prices for certain publishing services?
OOPS! Author Published Other People’s REAL Phone Numbers In His Novel!
My first thought was that the author included his own phone numbers as a creative way to get readers to contact him directly. I Googled the numbers. I was wrong. They are real phone numbers belonging to a state office in Pennsylvania, an Automax dealership, a woman the author does not know…
“I wrote a fiction series about dead celebrities. I can’t get sued, right?”
“All of the scenes and dialogue are fiction and they can’t sue me because I read that dead people can’t sue…”
After Winning a Publishing Package from BookLocker, This Burned Out Caregiver Wrote a Book in Less Than a Month! – by Debra Bilton
Becoming a published author was an unusual journey for me. At the beginning of September 2018, my parents’ dog, Toby, died. I was his primary caregiver and he died alone with me in my room. I grieved his loss for only three weeks. The dog in my life before him, Farley, was a different story. […]
