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Making the wrong decisions on the business side of publishing can destroy a writer’s career. Longtime writer, editor, and publisher Kristine Kathryn Rusch knows this better than anyone. So she decided to write a book on the dealbreakers in contracts, agency agreements, and other business things...

You’ve published an ebook**. Or two. Or three. But you seem to sell the same 100 copies to the same 100 people. ** You need to find readers.  Where do they congregate? What do they want? How do you meet them? This hands-on guide teaches these core concepts: S - Segmenting...

Writer, Painter, Photographer, Musician, Designer, Animator, Graphic Artist, Programmer, Screenwriter, Dancer, Environmental Artist, Textile Artist, Composer, Weaver, Sculptor...   For decades, this brother and sister team have studied what works and what doesn’t when trying to convince...

Have you ever wondered what successful authors submitted to publishers? Ever wanted to peek over their shoulders and see their synopses or outlines, the ones that landed a book contract (and maybe even the ones that were rejected)? Now’s your chance. Contained within these pages...

It was a quarry that easily yielded a novel and much-appreciated variety of sandstone that we called grindstone. Then it became the seat of a developing quarry village. Methodists came; they built a seminary and then a college. The college grew, welcomed women and then black people, and became a small...

The purpose of this book is to inspire you to begin thinking for yourself. Why? Because we live in a society that is always dictating or telling us what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. We live in a society that has taken over our lives and our ability to think for ourselves.

GET ALL THREE BOOKS AT HUGELY DISCOUNTED PRICE BY BUYING THIS 3-IN-1 COLLECTION! STOP TALKING & START WRITING YOUR BOOK (Book One): EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO WRITE A BOOK! How to outline your novel… How to develop your characters… How to deal with writer's block… How...

• Etsy – how savvy indie authors can reach new readers and bring in new revenue streams by selling our work in this exciting global marketplace. • Shopify – no, nothing to do with Spotify, the music subscription service. Shopify is a great way to sell our books and other products direct...

This may come as a shock, but brilliant writing and clever wordplay do not a published author make. True, you’ll actually have to write if you want to be a writer, but ultimately literary success is about much more than putting pen to paper (or fingers to keys). Before you snap your pencil in half...

All sorts of different people want to learn how to do different things getting a personal make-over, surviving health scares, business or career advice, self-help and improvement, travelling, living and working abroad, acquiring social skills, developing a hobby, creative writing the list is endless....

You’ve learned how to use the Seven Point Plot Structure to tell a good story. However, a good writer needs more tools in her toolbox. Understanding the three act dramatic structure can give you a new way to build stories. Expanding to four acts, five, or even two, greatly enhances your repertoire. Come...

People all over the world are struggling with tobacco/nicotine addiction; and the only help they are offered is from shady tobacco and drug companies who lose money if they succeed in quitting smoking. These companies claim to want to help you quit; but offer you nothing but heavily nicotine based...

*If you are the type of writer like I am, who has more jobs and tasks to do than the time to do them in, then you need a little help and relief. The book summaries or synopses included in this book are designed to jump start your creativity. If you are looking for a new story idea then something in...

Content Structure for Flash Fiction has never been so simple and fast. What if all story ideas were able to be boiled down to a single formula? Wycliffe A. Hill had this idea in the 1930's when no less than Cecil B. DeMille rejected one of his stories because "it had a good narrative,...