By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Wired’s founding executive editor Kevin Kelly stated that if writers and other artists have “one thousand true fans” then they’re able to sustain a living from their art. [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig For years, I belonged to several email loops with other traditionally published mystery writers. We would share information and resources with each other and were on a blogging [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I ran across something a few days ago that I thought I’d share here—although I’m probably the last person on the block to find out about this. It’s [...]
by Warren Adler, @WarrenAdler There is ample statistical evidence showing that adult women read more novels than men, attend more book clubs than men, use libraries more than men, buy more books than [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I read an interesting post on Sunday. It was from author Pedro Barrento for Indies Unlimited and titled, “Word of Mouth—An Urban Myth?” The post engendered lively comments [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig As a writer who is both traditionally-published and self-published, I have an admission to make. I work very hard on my traditionally published books. But I work even [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig My thirteen year old daughter uses an iPod device for most of her communications (which only works when on wi-fi) but also has a basic phone for when [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I blogged in May that I was giving the publishing platform Wattpad a go. I was somewhat worried about this decision at the time, wondering if my octogenarian [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Unfortunately, protecting ourselves against scams is a very important topic for writers. And I think that, sadly, we’re easy prey since we’re eager to publish and want so [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve always been very jealous of writers who have spectacular, manuscript-worthy dreams. Those writers who wake up with ideas for their works in progress or for new stories, [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Self-publishing means running a small business. For me, it’s been a trial by fire. Fortunately, as in many small businesses, I had a bit of a slow period, [...]
By Kristi Belcamino, @KristiBelcamino Writers dream of the day when they walk into a bookstore, see a book they wrote on the shelf, and then hold that book in their own two hands! [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Kirkus Reviews interviewed me Tuesday for an author profile in the indie section they’ve got now. I had a nice talk with Sarah Rettger, who is writing the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I think by now most of us have agreed that, whether they should or not, covers have a tremendous impact on what readers purchase. In a split second, [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Visibility and discoverability are words that I encounter time and time again on the industry blogs I follow. There are a lot of books in the marketplace right [...]
by Nina Amir, @NinaAmir There are many reasons for novelists to enter the realm of nonfiction. However, moving into this unknown territory can feel hard and scary, especially for those who like to [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I read many posts online where writers worry over centering their platforms on writing and writers. ‘Marketing to writers’ is the phase I read over and over. This [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve learned not to talk to my family about reviews. I’ve seen them flinch in the past when I’ve mentioned some of the negative things said about my [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig The last time I ran a post on mistakes I’d made, it helped illuminate areas I’d fallen behind on so that I could stick them on my calendar [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I was very late to hop on the newsletter bandwagon. I’ve finally started sending them. Of course, before I start anything, I have to try to find out [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This post is written by both Elizabeth the Mom and Elizabeth the Author. Although the subject of encouraging boys to read is one that’s been important to me [...]
By Shawndra Russell, @ShawndraRussell Social media opens up a world of opportunity for us writers. You can create a private Notice-Me List on Twitter filled with publications you want to write for and [...]
By Jennifer Brown Banks, @jenpens2 There’s great truth to the expression, “You should walk a mile in someone else’s shoes to understand them.” Which is why I’m very fortunate, that when it comes [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve been hearing a lot lately about author earnings—self-published, traditionally published, and earnings from what writer Bob Mayer coined “hybrid writers.” I think that the chart that started [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Amazon Author Central is an easy, quick way to establish a presence on the world’s biggest book retailer. I can link to my Author Central page as an [...]
by L. Diane Wolfe, @SpunkonaStick Self-publishing has become a very attractive venture for writers these days. It’s now much easier to send a book out into the world without the help of a [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Amazon has been in the news recently because of growing pains (shipping issues regarding timely delivery) and other problems it’s experiencing…most notably their possible plans to spike the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Tax time is making me a bit reflective this year. Maybe I didn’t have the time to reflect on Dec. 31st/Jan. 1 since I had a January 1 [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I had my appointment with my CPA on Wednesday. The appointment was in the middle of the Southern snowstorm aftermath, actually—there’s nothing like adding to the misery of [...]
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