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If You’re Not Going to Promote Your Book, Why Did You Even WRITE It?

Published on November 11, 2021 author, book marketing, diversify your writing income, Networking, promoting your writing, promotional pitfalls, writing career advice

I am always stunned when authors flat refuse to promote their books. When I first hear this from an author (and, I do hear it a lot) I’m not sure if it’s ego, laziness, or apathy…

Expand Your Audience Through Affordable Video Book Promotion! – by Amanda Steel

Published on November 4, 2021 book marketing, promoting your writing, writing career advice

When authors think about using a video to promote their books and their author brand, their first thought might be…

Need Your Book Published By Christmas? You Only Have ONE Option Now…

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…

Improve Your Income and Your MOOD by Optimizing Your Home Office Space – by Ian Chandler

Published on October 21, 2021 author, writing career advice, writing tips

Working from home can be unproductive if you don’t take the time to optimize.

Diva Debbie Stops By for an Insult -or- NARCISSISTS NEED NOT APPLY!

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…

EEEEEEK!!! 7 Essential Elements Writers MUST Include in Gothic Horror – by Chris Saunders

Published on October 15, 2021 Creative Writing, diversify your writing income, storytelling, writing career advice, writing tips

Unlike other genres, the setting in Gothic fiction is so important that it is often considered a character in itself.

SCAM ALERT: No, Netflix did NOT just email you about turning your book into a movie!

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.

Is It Time to Raise Your Rates for Your Repeat Clients? – by Ian Chandler

Published on October 8, 2021 diversify your writing income, Networking, promoting your writing, writing career advice

This is one of the trickier situations a freelance writer can deal with, and it’s a fairly common situation at that…

MORE Complaints about Balboa Press!

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!

Grammarly Goes Gender Generic – by Antaeus Balevre

Published on October 7, 2021 writing career advice

When I began checking the “errors” in Grammarly’s system, I found they all had to do with personal pronoun use — he, she, him, her, himself, herself, and even the words…