If you're looking for a bargain this Thanksgiving, look no further! You can shop for ebooks from the comfort of your living room. The ebooks listed below are part of the "Thanksgiving Stay at Home and Shop Sale" and are listed for only $0.99 or are FREE. Here's what we've got to offer: Childrens: Gingerbread … Continue reading Thanksgiving Stay at Home and Shop Sale
Next up in the holiday book promo is…
Better than Perfect is being featured on Kay's blog today. For a limited time, the book is only $0.99 on Kindle as part of an extra-special holiday promotion. "Stay at Home and Shop Book Sale" has been organized by Joleene Naylor, DM Yates, and other members of the Ink-slingers League. Watch this space for more … Continue reading Next up in the holiday book promo is…
Forget selling. Focus on #writing.
“Forget about learning to flog books, instead concentrate on learning to write better and harder and with more soul.” Inspiration with a healthy dose of reality. This is a terrific post by M T McGuire!
A while back, I read this post, on Chuck Wendig’s blog and it got me thinking.
The basic gist is that there are gatekeepers for every writer. While, with indie publishing, it’s fairly easy to get your book out there, it gets much harder after publication than it is for trad published authors because most of the gates indies must go through turn up after the book is published. So you get things like review sites that won’t touch anything self published; different gate, different place in the process but it’s still there. He explains how completely saturated the market is and links to an article from a fellow who has 150 books each day sent to his review magazine from trad publishers alone – which is why it only accepts trad pubbed books.
The message of Chuck’s article is, basically: there are gatekeepers in any part of the…
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IWSG: Writing Through the Rough Times
It's the first Wednesday of the month and time for Insecure Writer's Support Group members to share their monthly posts. If you'd like to learn more (or join) IWSG, please visit the following link: http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/p/iwsg-sign-up.html Be sure to visit Alex J Cavanaugh (the fearless leader of the IWSG) and his IWSG cohosts, Donna Hole, Lisa Buie-Collard, S.L. Hennessy, … Continue reading IWSG: Writing Through the Rough Times
Editors: It Takes One to Know One
Editors. We all need one. Or do we? I know a few authors who successfully self-edit, but for the most part, authors rely on editors to perfect their books prior to publication. But how do authors find the right editor for their book? Some rely on references from friends. Others carefully review samples of the … Continue reading Editors: It Takes One to Know One
All I Have to Say 