What are writers always associated with? I mean, besides spending hours typing away, staring into space while a whole new story takes place in their mind, and – following stereotype – locking themselves in their writing dens for hours or days on end? The answer is coffee – or tea. Consuming endless amounts of it. […]
Setbacks are not always setbacks. As frustrating as they can be, they can often lead to better opportunities. Setbacks are a setup for a comeback. For a writer, this may sometimes be hard to believe, but I believe that this is true. As a writer you spend perhaps a year (or more) to write a […]
As if publishing and marketing a book isn’t hard enough, now we also have to watch out for scam publishers? Yes, I’m afraid that’s true. In fact, it happened to me three years ago, and I had a hard time getting out of it. If you’re an independent author, meaning that you self publish your […]
We all know the importance of social media. If you want to build an online presence, there are two things you must focus on: Continuously improve your SEO Be active on social media Which social platform works best? There is so much to choose from … Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Reddit, etc. In the end, […]
Writers just want to publish their content and be done with it, books, articles, blogs, poems, whatever it is. No one wants to be bothered with the hard work of getting noticed as a writer, but nowadays you are going to have to put in all that work if you want people to read your […]
The publishing world has changed considerably over the last years, and self publishing (also known as indie publishing) is on the rise. Many indie authors are earning a good income from selling their self published books online, in Kindle format, paperback, or even audio book. There are several publishing platforms, and the best known one […]
I published my first book with SBPRA (Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Agency) in 2012, back when I didn’t know enough about the publishing business. All I knew was that publishing was no longer like it used to be. I hadn’t heard about self publishing yet, but I was learning about vanity publishers. So, just […]