How much does self publishing cost? Something new writers who plan to self publish don’t often think about before they start writing a book is how much it costs to self publish a book. After all, it costs nothing (except their time) to write it and putting it on...
By Florence Osmund, updated February 2022 Whether or not you currently use any of the many social media sites for your personal life, you may be wondering if it is worth your time to use social media as an author. Will tweeting regularly make you a more relevant...
By Florence Osmund I recently had the opportunity to evaluate Marlowe, Authors A.I.’s analytical software for novels. Created by Matthew L. Jockers, Ph.D., and his data team, Marlowe is an artificial intelligence that serves to help authors improve their novel before...
By Florence Osmund Many writers, especially first-timers, wait until they have finished writing the entire book before they give any thought to the marketing of it. I argue this is backwards—the time to think through the marketing aspect of your book is before you...
By Florence Osmund You can write and publish the best book ever written, but if you don’t skillfully promote it, it won’t likely get noticed, or worse yet, it will draw negative attention. But how do you take a full-length novel with all of its characters, plot...
