One of the most common questions authors ask after sending in their manuscript is, “When can I expect my book to be released?”
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As a self-published author, do you need to purchase your own ISBNs, or should you use the free ones offered by KDP, Ingram Spark, and others? Good questions. The answer is…it depends.
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Audiobooks account for a growing number of book sales and are a powerful addition to your sales mix. But the costs for turning your written work into audio can be steep, and the process can be intimidating. The good news is you can record at home successfully…
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Self-editing, like writing, is a process. As such, you—the writer—will have to figure out what process best suits your needs. And there’s only one way to do that, just like there’s only one way to find jeans that fit: keep trying them on until you find something that works for you.
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It’s almost November, and that means that it’s almost time for NaNoWriMo. For the twenty-first year in a row, writers will challenge themselves to write a novel in just thirty days.
What does writing 50,000 words in a month even look like? One thousand six hundred and sixty seven words per day, to be precise. Whether you stick to a daily word count or plow through at an irregular pace, getting a novel out of your brain and onto the page is a daunting task, especially when the task is compressed into thirty days.
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Anthologies can be a great way for new writers to get their names out there, or for more established writers to jumpstart a flagging career. If you’re in a book of short stories with other writers who might be more well-known than you are, you’ll likely come to the attention of readers who otherwise might not get to know you.
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