Breaking Out of the Red with a Pen Name
by Phil Tucker The Dark Night of the Soul My wife was pregnant. The snow banks outside our Massachusetts home were at least twelve feet deep, there was no money Continue reading
Category: Publishing
Going Wide: A New Marketing Plan
by Megan Haskell This year I’ve decided to do it. I’m taking The Sanyare Chronicles wide. It’s a gutsy move. Though there are many successful indie authors who sell their Continue reading
Warm Up To The Idea Of Indie Publishing
by Sven Davison What causes you to freeze? Cold weather, danger in the dark, or the price tag to indie publish a book? Sven and NEVS break down the costs Continue reading
Take the Fear Out of the Unknown and Improve Your Productivity
by Megan Haskell There’s an old business adage, “You have to measure to manage.” I don’t know who said it or when, exactly, but it’s a truism that can’t be Continue reading
Take Charge of Your Author Career . . . Success!
by Megan Haskell This past weekend, Greta and I were thrilled to be instructors at the annual Southern California Writers’ Conference in Irvine. Truly “a weekend for words”, it’s also Continue reading
The History of Modern Independent Publishing
by Megan Haskell Fifteen years ago, if you said you were an independent author people would laugh you out of the room. Fact was, self-publishing was equivalent to vanity publishing; the Continue reading
Bogged Down in Overwhelm? Take Smaller Bites.
by Megan Haskell Overwhelmed? When I first started writing, I didn’t have any idea how long things would take. How long would it take me to write 80,000 words? No Continue reading
Navigating the Fog of Publishing: Why I Chose to Go Independent
by Sheri Fink, Best-selling, Award-winning Children’s Author One of the biggest decisions today’s aspiring authors make is whether to go the traditional route with a publisher (whether large or small) Continue reading
Confidence or Competence? What Women Writers Should Know
By Dr. Diane Rogers In the United States, women earn more college and graduate degrees than men. Women also make up half the U.S. workforce. Numerous studies show corporate profitability Continue reading
Resurrecting Your Books with Reviews
by Megan Haskell This is a repost of my November, 2016 post: Finding and Interacting with Reviewers: An Overview. I thought this would be a good review (haha, get it?) in Continue reading