Published on January 12, 2018
amazon, complaints, Complaints about specific publishers, createspace complaints, KDP Print, self-publishing, writing career advice
BookLocker.com, a firm that competes with CreateSpace (and many others), is the parent company of this publication. Many authors who are unhappy with other publishers have submitted their manuscripts to BookLocker for consideration. However, BookLocker.com vets manuscripts for quality and salability, and rejects a large number of manuscripts each year. When we do, we refer […]
Published on January 4, 2018
diversify your writing income, writing career advice
Find out how you can get access to people and events that few others can!
Published on December 7, 2017
editing, Print on demand, self-publishing, writing career advice
Avoid being scammed by freelance editors!
Published on August 24, 2017
writing career advice
“As a student, I recently sold a single article for $600, and consistently earn three-figure sums per piece…”
Published on March 21, 2017
writing career advice
In early 2017, the freelancing bug once again called to me due to a pending layoff within my company. For the first time in my 33 years of work life, I would be a victim of numbers and expense cuts…
Published on February 28, 2017
diversify your writing income, writing career advice
The first inkling that Reddit, a site dedicated to trolling and weird photos, would actually be beneficial to my writing career was after I found…
Published on January 31, 2017
writing career advice
I’m 25 years old, and I’ve taken critical, progressive steps toward being able to make living as a traveling writer. I’ve accomplished this much by being wise with my time, and by working 12 hour shifts…
Published on January 25, 2017
writing career advice
Then I had a light bulb moment and realized my love of nature could inspire me to write articles for magazines. So I queried Creation Illustrated magazine on writing a feature on the Blue Morpho butterfly and they said…
Published on January 17, 2017
writing career advice
When starting out as a freelance, there’s a lot of advice to help you out. From writing skills to finding clients, it’s never been easier to learn how do freelance work. But what about after your work has been published? If you ever write for an online publication that comes with a comment section, there’s […]
Published on January 10, 2017
writing career advice
In December 2005, at age 52, I suddenly realized I was a pathetic book-reader. Here I was, a professional writer, yet I’d abandoned books for a glut of easier, often mindless distractions like email, snail mail, magazines, and online content. I’d become a surfer-a skimmer-and I didn’t like it one bit. Vowing to read more […]