There’s nothing worse than feeling as though your writing career is out of your control, that others are in charge of your fate. For many of us writing is our second career. In “real life” we’re lawyers, accountants, police officers, teachers, entrepreneurs, retailers, and scientists. For myself, I spent years as the CEO of a…
In my last post I talked about backing up your personal computer to make sure that your critical files—like your books!—are safe in case of a hardware failure. This month I’m going cover another important asset: your website(s). Whether it’s a blog, or a store where you sell your books, or any other kind of…
How do you know when it’s time to stop editing, revising, proofreading, tweaking, and pulling your metaphorical hair out? I’m one of those authors (if such a niche exists) who wrote numerous novels before entering the self-publishing world. For years now, I’ve been in an editing zone. Soon I’ll be releasing my third book in…
While trolling through Twitter one day I ran across a post by an Australian songwriter. The songwriter called himself SpaceMarch and he had 252,000 Twitter followers (nice). I didn’t know what I might have in common with someone who writes lyrics, but I began to read his posts. The Brainstorm… and then Nothing I particularly…
You’ve defied the odds and completed your manuscript. It may have taken years of your life (or off your life), or maybe NANoWriMo turned you into a speed demon. So, what now? Now, it’s time to submit. But is your work really ready for publication? This is the question you MUST ask yourself to avoid…