Publishing
Can a self published author charge for author visits? This is a question I have asked myself after several school and library readings, when I’ve taken up at least an hour or two of my time and haven’t sold a single book. When I first published Little Blue Penguin, my children’s book for ages 2 [...]
Blogging here at aboutwritingandpublishing will be sparse over the next week, while I take a much needed vacation break. I wrote in another blog (journalsandpapers.com) about travel journals and writing and suggested a difficult exercise. Writers have to think and be able to describe senses to set up a scene effectively. When I was on [...]
Continue reading about Taking a break – Writing Exercises- pushups for the brain.
As writers, we all need them, have used them at one time or another, have even started one or two ourselves. I’m talking about writer’s groups. If you are starting out, love writing and want to be in a community of like-minded individuals, then a writing group is for you. If you are a well-seasoned [...]
There are many kinds of publishers and if you are looking at getting your manuscript published, you should know the differences. Notice I said manuscript in the last sentence. That’s because even though you feel like you’ve written a book, it is not actually a book yet until it becomes published. Not yet published – [...]
