Month: October 2017
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Three Questions to Ask Yourself about Your Writing
Writing is often so much fun, but it can also be a lot of work. Anyone who writes knows there are times when it is easy to write and times when it is hard. When it is easy, it is nothing but a joy. Personally, I find writing relaxes me. It allows me to settle…
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Writing for NaNoWriMo!
It’s almost NaNoWriMo time! That sounded better in my head. Now that I say it out loud I… never mind. It makes me think of Mork and Mindy. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. I know. We have a month for everything or a day for everything. Maybe tomorrow will be National Take a…
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Vanity or Subsidy Publishers?
In a previous blog, I wrote about The Self-Publishing World. In that blog, we took a moment to see what Self-Publishing has looked like over the years, especially in comparison with Traditional Publishers. In this blog, however, we want to explore something that is kind of half-way between a Traditional Publisher and full Self-Publishing. Self-Publishing…
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When Do I Launch My Book?
One of the challenges a self-publisher faces is the question, “When is the best day/month to actually publish/launch my book?” The short answer is… on a Tuesday, on the first day of the month, but not in December. Simple? The truth is, there’s no perfect day to launch your book. There are, however, better times…
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Telling People You’ve Written a Book
If you’re publishing a book… you need to tell people you’re publishing a book. That shouldn’t come as a surprise to you. If it does, sit down, take a deep breath and think it through. There are, perhaps at times, reasons to publish under a pseudonym. In that case, maybe you don’t want to tell…