by Nina Amir | Mar 18, 2015 | Writing
By Nina Amir Writing a book is like exercising. At some point, if you truly want to become an author—or get in shape—you have to follow Nike’s advice and “Just do it.” You have to stop finding excuses and start a book manuscript. Then you have to keep writing until...
by Nina Amir | Dec 3, 2014 | Self-Publishing, Writing
If 81 percent of the U.S. population wants to write a book, why do only two percent accomplish that goal? First, the majority of aspiring authors don’t have a strong enough desire to achieve this status, so they don’t take the necessary action to manifest their dream....
by Nina Amir | Aug 20, 2014 | Self-Publishing, Writing
By Nina Amir A blog provides a solid foundation for any author’s promotion plan. It serves as an author website as well as a content-marketing machine to help you and your book become discoverable. The more book-related content you produce, the higher the likelihood...
by Joel Friedlander | Jun 30, 2014 | Self-Publishing, Writing
By Karl Bunker Promotional copy for our books isn’t necessarily something we think about as we’re writing them, but we should, and today Karl Bunker gives us a heads up about what we need to know when it comes time to actually write this copy. I think...
by Joel Friedlander | Jun 2, 2014 | Self-Publishing
I hope you had a chance to look through the post linked to yesterday, Indie Authors Quitting Their Day Jobs. Last time I looked there were over 300 comments from writers, starting with historical fiction author Libbie Hawker, who took the occasion to announce:...