I binged this past weekend. Not on reality TV or chocolate or martinis, but on writing. I booked a cheap off-season condo in Maine and wrote 17,822
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Should You Do a Book Tour On Your Own Dime?
We writers quake in our slippers at the thought of actually having to get dressed and emerge from behind our laptop shields. Whether we're
Read MoreShould You Self Publish? From Traditional to Indie and Back Again: One Hybrid Author Tells All
I just saw my new novel in a bookstore for the first time and nearly cried. Oh, all right, I'll come clean: I did cry. It
Read MoreThe AWP Conference in Boston: Where Writers Swim Like Fish
My first day at the AWP Conference in Boston, I stood for several minutes at the bottom of the escalator, paralyzed by the sight of so
Read MoreDoes Blogging Sell Books? Not Exactly. But Here’s Why You Should Do It Anyway.
Whether you're a self-published writer or published by a traditional house, the word on the street is the same: Blog like your life depends on it if
Read MoreShould You Publish Your Own Novel? Four Things to Think About.
After writing five novels without selling any of them, I lost heart. What was I doing wrong? I had sold many articles and essays to national
Read MoreCan You Judge Your Book By Its Cover?
Seeing your book cover for the first time is like waiting for that guy from Match.com to show up at the restaurant. You've laid out your expectations
Read MoreDon’t Do What I Did: Make the KDP Select Program Work for You
Self-publishing is about as democratic as anything else, in the sense that 1) anyone is free to try it and 2) it takes money to make
Read MoreDid I Hammer a Nail into My Bookstore’s Coffin?
I gave myself a book for my birthday this year: my own novel. It's still tough to admit that I'm self-published, despite the fact that
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