A friend of mine recently wrote a post about staying motivated. She is what she referred to as an “aspiring” author. Personally, I consider her very good author; she’s just not published yet. Quitting: The Lesson of Murden’s Lawn When my wife and I first got married, to save up money for a house we […]
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Originally posted on Cathleen Townsend:
Best-Selling author and humorist Dan Alatorre turned his sights on fatherhood in “Savvy Stories,” and the results were hilarious. Since then, Dan has racked up a string of #1 Bestsellers in family humor, novels, illustrated children’s books and cookbooks, and has been published in 12 languages throughout 14 different countries.…
Originally posted on readers+writers journal:
Increase Book Sales by Thinking Like a Publisher by Kevin Wooden To become a successful author you have to assume the roles of both writer?and publisher, and that means thinking about book sales.?Writer Kevin Wooden outlines the 5 biggest factors most self-published authors overlook, and outlines how to fix…
Buggy whips, anyone? I look at the book business the same way I look at the movie business. The people who ostensibly hold the reins are scared to death of making a mistake instead of being enthusiastic about discovering things. As I have said many times, in 1976 a little known movie idea about a […]
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Dear Dan, I was not going to read my critique until I saw your name on it and knew that it would be helpful without making me burst into tears. Your ideas were extremely helpful and I don’t know if we are on the same wavelength (dangerous for you) or not but I instantly got […]
Yesterday, I had the great pleasure of sitting down for chat with Lisette over at Writer’s Chateau. This charming and apparently gullible very nice person decided to do an interview with me, and what a good time we had! I honestly think it’s my best interview to date. We cover some insights into being a new author […]
When I saw this, I wanted it here. Hopefully this information will help us all. I rarely do this, but BookBub is kind of a big deal. I have NEVER gotten one of my books accepted by them! (Maybe this is why.) If you have been picked up by BookBub for a promotion, or know […]
Writing goes from good to great when the author becomes aware. When I first started writing, I was able to write in an interesting and engaging way that readers enjoyed. It was partly my natural inclination for humor – being funny involves not letting the subject matter get boring. (I didn’t say I was always […]
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