How A Family Skeptic Unknowingly Challenged Me to Continue Writing by Wendy Hobday Haugh
A writer himself, my dad was tickled when he heard that my essay had won. My older brother, however, wasn’t quite as supportive…
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Write a Best-selling Young Adult Novel! Here’s How! by Jasmine Rideau
To ensure your young adult novel will appeal to the masses, follow these tips!
How Venturing Out of My Niche Changed My Entire Writing Career by Michael Leonard
What are you passionate about in life that isn’t your current writing niche? You can capitalize on that!
Complaints About Amazon’s CreateSpace (now named KDP Print) – Part V
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 […]
PRESS PASS: Why You Want It and How to Get It! by Joyce Frohn
Find out how you can get access to people and events that few others can!
Could That Freelance Book Editor Be Scamming You? by Lindsey Danis
Avoid being scammed by freelance editors!
I Don’t Even Like Writing…But I Get PAID to Do It! by John R.
“As a student, I recently sold a single article for $600, and consistently earn three-figure sums per piece…”
How I’m Returning to Full-time Freelancing after a Layoff by Steve Sears
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…
How to Find Writing Work on Reddit! by Angely Mercado
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…
The 12-Hour Shift for Working Writers – By Kyle Stark
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…