Category: writing biz
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Dear New Indie Author…
This is a real note I just sent to a new author of a software-development book: I’m an independent author and software developer. I saw […]
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Self-Publishing for Fun and Profit
In yesterday’s post, I distinguished between the “indie author” and the “self-published author.” A reader named Wendy commented, with a question. This is a distinction […]
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What the End of Borders Means for Authors
First of all, a clarification: when right-wingers talk about “closing the borders,” this isn’t what they mean. The big news over the past week is […]
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More about Book Covers
Related to last week’s extensive post on book-cover design for indie authors and publishers, Roger C. Parker posted over the weekend a few more tips […]
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How to Design Your Book Cover
As an indie author, you probably need to understand book-cover design. Traditionally published authors have their publishers’ experts to design their covers (whether or not […]
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The Novelist’s New Clothes?
They say that novelists write millions of manuscripts each year. I’m not sure what the exact number is. But I might believe any number between […]
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Getting Published Ain’t So Great, Either
As if to balance my post earlier this week about indie author pains, Mary DeMuth writes about 7 publishing myths on Novel Journey. She includes […]
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Fired Up over Short Fiction
Camille LaGuire, the Daring Novelist, yesterday talked about her dare to publish short-fiction ebooks. She talks about novelettes that she had written, which no one […]
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Are You Really Ready to Indie Publish?
Agent Kristin of the Pub Rants blog posted some of her comments on how hard it is to be self-published. Those are my words. She […]
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Not Taking Criticism So Seriously
The stories we write are part of us. Like children, we nurture them and raise them. We identify with them. Then we push them out […]
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