First, a quick note that we’re on an abbreviated schedule here at WWW ’til the end of July – to take a bit of vacation time and recharge our engines. But as we relax and research and prepare for our
Twitter Mind Map for Freelance Writers
Author Blog Posts: Categories vs. Tags Organize Your Thoughts
A quick way to better define your author blog posts is to establish Categories and Tags. What’s the difference? Well, for starters, that list of Categories on the side (or bottom) widget of your site is rather like your Table
Kindle Scout: What’s In It for Authors?
Several authors have asked us recently about the Kindle Scout program. Kindle Scout is a crowdsourced publishing platform for new, unpublished books. Selected books are published by Kindle Press and receive 5-year renewable terms, a $1,500 advance, 50% eBook royalty
Envision Your Author Success with a Vision Board!
Have you ever built a vision board? If you haven’t, and need a break from the work-a-day of writing and author marketing, vision boards can be fun and useful tools to lend clarity to the vision you have for yourself
Hiring a Freelance Editor (#4 of the Do-It-Yourself MBA for Writers Series)
Our thanks to Carol Van Den Hende for this installment of the DIYMBA for Writers! This is the fourth in a series of posts to provide perspective on the business of writing, leveraging a marketing professional’s experience. Along my writing
Authors! Declare Your Independence, Too: Seven Sites for Success
Whether you’re published or unpublished, traditionally or indie or self-published, there are always new tools to help you tell more readers about your work, and sell more books! This weekend, as we celebrate Independence Day in the USA with fireworks
Six Magic Phrases You Can Use to Sell More Books
Our thanks to Sandra Beckwith of Build Book Buzz for this guest post! While attending uPublishU at Book Expo America as a speaker at the end of May, I sat in on several excellent panel presentations. One that I found particularly