Category Archives: How to Publish Your Novel
Monday Tips: Carve out some time to meditate
My tip for this month is to carve out some time to meditate. “Don’t ask me to make time for one more thing!” you say. I reply that even I, who am naturally rather lazy, have finally hit upon a … Continue reading
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Monday Tips: Force Yourself to Make Choices
My tip for today on organizing your time is: force yourself to make choices Take a deep breath, tell yourself that you deserve to enjoy the hard work you do, and this means that you really CAN’T do everything. … Continue reading
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DON’T leave your MSS moldering in a drawer…
Recently, I attended the Fall meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Book Publisher’s Association (MBPA), a regional affiliate of the Independent Book Publisher’s Association (IBPA). The whole day was devoted to discussing e-books. The industry continues to change at breakneck speed. When … Continue reading
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Monday Tips: Don’t forget to comment on other’s blogs, & scrapbooking tips for making characters come alive
Here are a couple of things I found while trolling the internet: From the Creative Penn a writing tip. If you are having trouble making your characters come alive, create a scrapbook page of faces that fit your … Continue reading
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A Special Announcement!
Today is my birthday, and so I wanted to share some special news. 1. As you are all probably aware, THWARTED QUEEN and her sundry parts are up on Amazon. If you want to read more, just click on “THWARTED” … Continue reading
Monday Tips: Do your writing BEFORE you do your marketing
Here is a tip on how to organize your time: Do your writing before you do your marketing. I know that’s not what people usually tell you to do. Most people think that you should do the stuff you … Continue reading
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2 tricks to keep online reading doable, plus 11 tips to make editing easier
Here are a couple of things I picked up by trolling through the internet: From Jane Friedman’s, 2 TRICKS TO KEEP YOUR ONLINE READING MANAGEABLE. Jane uses Google Reader and its PostRank extension to do this. From Publetariat’s 11 THINGS … Continue reading
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Monday Tips: Ignore Your Email
My tip for today is to turn off your email. That’s right. Quit Safari, quit Firefox, quit your web-browser, and while you’re at it turn off your iPhone, and any other device that might interrupt you with beeps or … Continue reading
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Monday Tips: Pay with a Tweet and other cool tools
Today I thought I would pass along a couple of tips on self-publishing: 1. COOL TOOL FOR VIRAL PROMOTION CAMPAIGNS – – Stephanie Chandler, author, speaker and publisher: http://AuthorityPublishing.com Recently I came across a new tool called Pay with … Continue reading
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Don’t get overwhelmed, get organized
Do you have that overwhelmed feeling, because you have too much information coming at you and you can’t find anything? Get organized! Set aside a day, and organize your files. These days this means physical files, for all those bits … Continue reading
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