Okay, I’m going to ‘fess up. I’m in overwhelm. I’ve got way too many projects started and not finished. I have too many blogs and columns. I’m spread too thin. Lot’s of other creative people complain of the same problem. Too many ideas; too little time. Like the Nowhere Man in The Yellow Submarine, we could run around all day…
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Feeling Overwhelmed? Chunk Your Project Down!
I have a lot of book projects of varies types started and not finished. It’s my goal to finish some of them this year. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed, especially since I’m learning some new things–like how to format books for Smashwords.com and how to navigate my way through become a self-publisher. So, if you are like me, when you feel…
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Creating a Website for Your Book
Writers and authors need websites. We need these for a variety of reasons. First, we need to promote ourselves as writers. We want a place to place a media kit and to send the media. We want a place to feature our writing, as in links to our published work, and a blog. Second, we want to feature, promote, and…
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Creating Flow in Your Memoir
I’m almost done doing a developmental edit on a memoir. The feedback the writer had received from readers and agents was that the manuscript didn’t “flow.” I read the manuscript and sent it back to the writer with my suggestions, and she then sent it back to me corrected for a second read through. Wow! What a difference. She implemented…
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The Last Chance to Prevent a Googleopoly?
Today agent and author Mike Larsen provides a guest post on an important topic: How to prevent Google from scanning and making available via the Internet all 130 million unique books in the world by the end of the decade. Michael proposes and interesting prevention plan. The Last Chance to Prevent Googleopology? By Michael Larsen “Google will do what…
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Amanda Hocking and Barry Eisler Chat about Publishing
Literary agent Ted Weinstein, who I have the pleasure of seeing each year at the San Francisco Writers Conference, has done us all a favor and gotten Amanda Hocking and Barry Eisler together to chat about publishing and their recent decision about how to publish their own books. They’ve compared indie publishing to traditional publishing–of course, discussing e-book publishing. For…
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Successful Indie Author Offers “New Rules for Success”
It’s always best to learn from those who have done something successfully. Here’s some great advice from an indie author who has not gone the e-book way but has achieved great success. Penelope Trunk is the founder of three startups—most recently, Brazen Careerist, a career management tool for next-generation professionals. Her career advice appears in more than 200 newspapers. Inc….
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