Ever had your moral convictions put to the test? Most of us think we know what we’d do in any given situation. But do we really? Maybe another unknown part of us surfaces and takes over&ndashleaving us in a confusion of questions. But the deed is done and we cannot take it back.
This is the […]
Authoring as a Risk-Taking Endeavor
Being an unpublished novelist poses all sorts of dilemmas. Writing is entrepreneurial in nature, more than most people realize, and it is fraught with make or break decisions. Which side of the political spectrum do you show yourself? Do you embellish this or that social issue, perhaps the one most fashionable, […]
Turn Your Abstraction Into a Textbook
Possibly you’re one of those fortunate writers whose mind is bursting with ideas. Or maybe you accept one abstraction that’s been nagging you for weeks, always at the line of your thoughts. Either action, you’re itching to start writing. That’s acceptable. However before you speed headlong into your adventure, point […]
The world of publishing is about to change. It’s an exciting time to be an Independent author. This long ignored group is beginning to organize and establish an entirely new marketplace for selling books. A community introducing voices never heard and stories never told to the world.
What they need is an on-line destination created for […]
Building an online community to create collaborative publications - essentially books written page by page by different people from around the world - may sound like an ambitious project but it’s happening today thanks to the power of the Internet, and more importantly, the power of people.
It may sound foolhardy and unlikely to work in […]
Imagine the power of a website dedicated to Independent authors and their books. A place where readers could find over a million Independently published books at one online location. The time has come for Independent authors around the world to join together on the Internet at one location to sell our books. There is tremendous […]
Creating characters that are believable takes time and discipline. Creating dynamically real individuals and not imposing your own thoughts and impressions upon them is not easy to do, and is often the difference between a novel or screenplay that sits in a closet and one that finds its way around town and into the hands […]
Have you ever dreamed of selling your book to a large corporation? A sale that would register several thousand copies of non-returnable product on the book sale meter? What’s that? You’ve never thought of it, you say? Well, never fear! It’s not too late to pursue this avenue, especially if you have a book ripe […]
You must be prepared to work always without applause. - Ernest Hemingway
Much of the wisdom available from established authors may be surprising in it’s honesty and straightforward nature. The reason this is likely true is the authors in question have had enough success that there is no need to candy coat the truths they have […]
There’s a rumour outside there in the publishing apple that an editor won’t much attending at the assignment of a fresh writer. It might be accurate for sure types of writing, however after interviewing hundreds of editors, I’ve begin that most are added direct to fresh writers than you might anticipate.
And there are a hardly […]
