5 Writing-Related Jobs for Authors: What to Do While Working on Your Book by Thao Nguyen
Authors can supplement their income while they’re writing with freelance work, including proofreading, editing, and blogging.
Authors can supplement their income while they’re writing with freelance work, including proofreading, editing, and blogging.
A good cover is crucial, not only to indicate genre but connect it to similar books your readers have enjoyed and expand your reader base.
Thao Nguyen discusses the benefits and drawbacks of proofreading as a side job for an author just getting started in their careers.
Amazon is often described as a threat in the world of publication. While there are pros and cons to choosing publication with Amazon, only the author can decide what is right for them.
by Guest Contributor · Published September 28, 2021 · Last modified September 21, 2021
Getting published is hard enough, but in addition, there are plenty of publishing scams that would love to drain your money and squander your hard work. Thao Nguyen tells us how to spot these scams.
Novels are huge undertakings, and can be daunting to practice. Thao Nguyen teaches us how important skills for novel writing can actually be honed much quicker with short stories.
Discover 3 essential tasks a ghostwriter does and see if you may want to become one with freelance writer, Thao Nguyen.
Though it may be difficult to approach diversity as a writer, especially when you may not have experienced those circumstances or been underrepresented in those specific ways, but what are books if not a medium through which we can better empathize with others? Uncover ways you can bring diversity to your writing.
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