Let’s get to Business: A Checklist for How to Become an Indie Author by Shabnam Curtis

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Combining creativity with business can be challenging. Author/blogger Shabnam Curtis is one heck of an organized writer! Here she generously shares her detailed and well-researched gameplan for self-publishing success of her book, "My Persian Paradox: Memories of an Iranian Girl"...

Hope for Novelists and Other Writers by da-AL

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Do you have an elevator speech? Book writers are told that they need an 'elevator speech' -- a one-minute pitch for when they inadvertently meet their star-maker. It's also useful for talking about one's book with everyone else. Theoretically, that is. My elevator speech rarely gets past the first floor. But I love my books,… Continue reading Hope for Novelists and Other Writers by da-AL

My Road to Getting Published by Geoffrey Simpson

Geoffrey Simpson, author of The Three Hares

The story of how author Geoffrey Simpson, who just released "The Three Hares," got his first book published -- in his own words... On a gloomy January morning, the air was heavy and uninspired. I read an article about ancient symbols—a distraction from those about politics, rife with propaganda. One symbol, with three rabbits chasing one another… Continue reading My Road to Getting Published by Geoffrey Simpson

5. Ever been told…?

Photo of ostrich with caption: Ever been told that the ultimate tragedy (and crime) for a girl or a woman is not to be regarded as physically attractive?

Ever been told that the ultimate tragedy (and crime) for a girl and a woman is not to be regarded as physically attractive?

My Personal Path to Self-Publishing by Lisa Kentgen, Ph.D.

Cover of, "An Intentional Life" by Lisa Kentgen

What do you think of self-publishing vs. traditional publishing?