Tag: self-publishing
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The Best I Could Is No Longer The Best I Can
May this always be true: The best I could do is no longer the best I can do. If this is true, it means improvement is happening. And that’s what we want, isn’t it? Growth? I’m not the same writer I was five years ago. Honestly, that’s a very good thing. When I was starting…
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Indie Author Formatting: Please Insert Scream Here
As an Indie Author, let’s be honest. There’s not a lot money to throw around. I spend money on editing, and I spend money on book cover designs. Beyond that, I’m pretty much on my own having to learn and navigate all the ins and outs of modern publishing without an expert over my shoulder.…
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An Indie Author Ready for the Future of Publishing
Literary agent Andrew Lownie in THIS article recently stated that he believes that nearly 75% of published books within then next 5-10 years will be self-published. This announcement has certainly turned the writing blog-o-sphere on its nose with both excitement and scorn. Of course, this is mere conjuncture, but even the pronouncement has some broad and interesting…
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Speed Writing. Speed Publishing. A Great Afternoon.
Besides being a writer, I’m a teacher. Sometimes those two facts collide. Like yesterday. It was at the beginning of the high school-wide parent-teacher conference when I was sitting at my desk minding my own business. A colleague, who is in charge of the forensics team, came to me with an urgent request: could I…
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What are Traditional Publishers doing to Promote their Talent?
Every once in a while, I like to look at books or authors on-line and try to determine what marketing and promotion approach that they are taking. I like to see how well their books are selling and try to guess why they have or have not been successful. I came across an author I…
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Win a 10-Page Read by a Literary Agent! Yeah, Right.
I received an email from a website advertising their latest book contest that they wanted me, as an indie author, to enter. I have nothing against book contests. I’ve entered some, but it was the grand prize of this contest that made my stomach curl a little. The grand prize was this: two literary agents…
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Indie Author: Vanity or Cutting Edge?
Early on in my college career, I paid to include my poem in some anthology which I believed (or at least pretended to believe) held some great significance. OK. All college kids aren’t smart. If I have to pay to get my poem published, what does that say about my poem? But I thought it…
Author Mark W Sasse 