So You Want to Write for Money? (This is a special guest post by one of our favorite writers. Grant will visit once or twice a month and explain the business of writing. His articles are spot-on for authors and writers interested in developing business sense or refining the way they run their writing businesses.) By Grant McDuling Don’t you find it strange that so …(there’s more) Continue reading
If you expend energy and money on a talented, professional ghostwriter to make your book shine, you must have a reason. Ghostwriters — good ghosts, skilled ghostwriters, don’t come cheap. Writing a book is never quick or easy. My company just failed on a ghostwriting project and the moral of the story is, the author pimped herself trying to micromanage. She had no experience. No …(there’s more) Continue reading
I think not. I saw a post at a blog called Bullguard. The writer promises dirty little secrets about your Pinterest account. This post is a great example of jumping on board a trending topic and riding it to a traffic spike for your blog. It’s also an example of not really delivering what your title promises readers. For me, the secrets listed are neither …(there’s more) Continue reading
Get a grip on the MSWord ribbon Some writers and authors using Office 2010, or more specifically, MS Word 2010 or 2007, wrangle with the ribbon that replaced file tabs. Mastering Microsoft’s bloated programs is never easy and figuring out functions hidden within the ribbon is puzzling. Here are four easy and essential tips for writers and authors who rely MS Word for wordprocessing their …(there’s more) Continue reading
Bilbary is reportedly an online book rental store or pay-to-borrow e-book library with 320,000 e-titles available to members. This rent-a-book plan could be a boon to authors or writers who don’t wish to maintain a library of ebooks they might use once or twice for reference. It could be a budget saver. Bilbary is doing business in the U.S. right now but is working on …(there’s more) Continue reading
