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So, you’re ready to publish your book: congratulations! The most important question now is when you should do it; whether you’re chasing the holiday-reading market of summer, the gift-giving readers of winter, or an audience somewhere in-between. I’m not going to beat around the bush here: with only a couple of exceptions (such as when a blockbuster author in the same genre is about to publish …
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Today, we’re trying something new – namely, a professional editor is going to be diving into our (digital) mailbag and answering your questions. While we’re totally committed to a continued dialogue in our comments, some of your questions are unique enough that they deserved their own forum, so here we are! We’ll be doing this again soon, so if you have a specific question you’d like answered, …
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Do you ever feel like an impostor? Do you struggle to take yourself seriously? Are you uncomfortable talking about your writing or identifying yourself as a writer? Andrea Sims PhD, author of The Impostor Affect, describes this phenomenon as “the inability of high achieving people to internalize their successes or to believe that they are capable of or responsible for their own accomplishments. …
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Writing a book is a Sisyphean task – something that, if you’re not careful, you may never finish to your satisfaction. We’ve talked before about how to accomplish it, but the best advice is to approach writing your book as an actual project. For that, you need the Triangle. Managing your project Starting a project doesn’t just mean deciding you’re going to try and accomplish a task. It means …
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Having a blog is a smart idea for any author. It connects you to readers, exposes your existing readers to more of your work, and provides a space where your readers can interact with you and with each other. Equally important: maintaining a blog keeps you writing. There’s a certain degree of public accountability, and with a blog, there’s always a short-term goal to aim for. In the age of …
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Amber Massey is a wordsmith and communications enthusiast with over 10 years of experience. Editing is her passion. New media is her medium. She is currently the CEO of Mellel, a powerful app redefining word processing for Mac. Self-publishing continues to grow. According to the most recently available ISBN registration numbers, self-published book registrations have jumped by more than 20%. …
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