This post on craft is the first of several monthly posts by new monthly guest columnist, Kay Keppler, that we’ll be publishing here on the Writer’s Fun Zone. Today she’ll share with us how to build characters with action and motivation.
Welcome to Artist Entrepreneur Fridays, where we focus having a successful author career from the business and strategic perspectives. This week I have another guest post from Matthew Ashdown, Book Promotion Specialist with FriesenPress. FriesenPress is a fee-for-service self-publisher. Matthew offers 4 useful tools that we can use to overcome being discouraged during our author [...]
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A lot of authors think that once their novel is for sale, they’re done with what they need to do and big money will come pouring in from royalties. But actually, it’s rare for an author to make enough money to live off of book sales alone. However, if you just follow these few suggestions, you can maximize your book sales.
Many people think getting their novel done is all about having a cat do all the work for them, but actually cats have more writing handicaps than people realize.
In this video you’ll learn all about the five tools you need to get your novel done.
What’s your favorite writing tool? Leave your comment below. Thanks!
No cats [...]
This video is part 3 in a three-video series on how to finish a novel.
You know you want to write and complete your novel. So, I’m just wondering… are you ready to do that now?!
Many authors think that getting a compelling book done is a matter of finding the time to do all the necessary [...]
In “CreateSpace vs. Lightning Source,” Ezra Barany compares Amazon’s CreateSpace and Ingram’s Lightning Source for their print-on-demand (POD) services. This is part 3 of 3 especially designed for fiction authors. (Parts 1 and 2 are posted here and here.)
A lot of people think that choosing the right print-on-demand (POD) service is a challenge, when actually [...]
In “CreateSpace vs. Lightning Source,” Ezra Barany compares Amazon’s CreateSpace and Ingram’s Lightning Source for their print-on-demand (POD) services. This is part 2 of 3 especially designed for fiction authors.
A lot of people think that choosing the right print-on-demand (POD) service is a challenge, when actually you can figure out which POD service to go [...]
Welcome back to Sunday Videos for Writers, where I post funny, insightful or useful videos for authors.
Thank you to cat lover and writer Donna Brown. Your suggestion made my day!
Today our feature is Simon’s Cat in ‘Cat & Mouse’
Confess you cat owner writers, you’ve all had days like this!
What is the craziest thing your cat ever did [...]
To define what an artist entrepreneur is I think we first need to define what an artist is and what an entrepreneur is.
But why even go there?
I’ll tell you why. To sort out my mixed up identity and claim something I think can exist but no one teaches. And maybe I’m stubborn that way.
I’m an [...]
Welcome to Q & A Wednesdays by Book Mentor, Ezra Barany. This week Ezra addresses how to price your ebooks.
Good news! This week’s winner of a 30-minute complimentary consultation of your book with Ezra is: Dan Calvisi. Congrats! We’ll be contacting you for your Book Mentoring session with Ezra.
And thank you to author, Dixon Rice, author of [...]
Welcome to the monthly series on artist entrepreneurship. Today we focus on writers and literary law specifically and on an important issue to be aware of in today’s world — what does copyright mean and how does it apply to authors — from our monthly guest columnist, Kelley Way, a lawyer specializing in literary law. If you have general [...]
Welcome to Q & A Wednesdays by Book Mentor, Ezra Barany. This week Ezra answers the question, How can you motivate people to market the compilation they are published in?
Getting your book in a compilation is a great way to increase your visibility and the likelihood of you becoming a bestselling author. But if the authors [...]
This is #6 in a series of articles on Spark Your Creativity Through the Numbers for Writers, posted on Saturdays, an ongoing series designed to inspire, motivate and get you writing up a storm! Tips shared here are inspired by my bestselling e-book, Overcome Writer’s Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity.
Major confession time. I stopped blogging regularly a few days ago, and my traffic has been cut in half. And I started blogging more about a topic that is probably not that interesting to most of my readers: my new novel’s blog tour. So two major faux pas, but I’m just going to concentrate on the first one.
This is #5 in a series of articles on Spark Your Creativity Through the Numbers for Writers, posted on Saturdays, an ongoing series designed to inspire, motivate and get you writing up a storm! Tips shared here are inspired by my bestselling e-book, Overcome Writer’s Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity.
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Bestselling Author's Coach, Beth Barany is dedicated to the notion that all is better with play.
An author too, she's the author of the 2011 award-winning young adult fantasy novel Henrietta The Dragon Slayer, as well as of the bestselling nonfiction books for authors and aspiring authors.
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