Advice for Just Starting Out
Has this happened to you? You are introduced to someone new as a children’s author. Response: “I have an…
April 8, 2024Has this happened to you? You are introduced to someone new as a children’s author. Response: “I have an…
April 8, 2024Research for 181 words? Research and back matter have never been more important. Reviewers and consumers have access to…
March 8, 2024One a scale of 1-10, parts of the year 2023 were a minus 6. We saw family, we traveled,…
January 6, 2024The press, the marketers, and the bookstores all clamoring for autographs and first-day Amazon rankings! Then “NEW” is over.…
December 8, 2023As more books are published in a variety of ways (traditional, self-pub, hybrid, assisted), a whole crop of people…
November 9, 2023One gazillion years ago when I started writing on stone tablets, I never needed an agent to get published.…
September 8, 2023As I wrote this article, I got an email from my publisher letting me know that the pre-order sales…
August 9, 2023There are some thrilling moments in book publication that make all the back work (sometimes YEARS of edits!) pale…
June 8, 2023My e-mail is suddenly full of opportunities! Live face-to-face conferences are happening all over the country, sponsored by different…
April 8, 2023Two Epic Proportion Floods are predicted in the publishing industry. Artificial Intelligence has discovered writing and illustrating. At the…
March 8, 2023That is my fear each time I search for comparative titles (comp titles) for a book proposal or query…
February 8, 2023Not as well known as “Call me Ishmael,” but equally important are these first lines from adult biographies: “On…
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