What the new California gig-economy law could mean for writers

Posted on 01/24/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Writers in California have likely (hopefully) already been paying attention to a new state law intended to improve life as...

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Tagged As: The business of writing, Writer Beware

The indie author's guide to creating a business plan

Posted on 01/21/2020 at 09:29 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

How many times in your life have you decided to strive for some goal … and then barely made it...

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Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), The business of writing

The Book Designer's best advice from 2019

Posted on 01/12/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s hard — okay, make that downright near impossible — to make sure you don’t miss anything of value when...

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Tagged As: Cover design, Marketing, Social media and websites, The Book Designer, The business of writing

ALLi's self-publishing predictions for 2020 and beyond

Posted on 01/07/2020 at 04:24 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Is it too late to share another set of predictions for 2020 and the next decade? We think not, especially...

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Tagged As: ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors), The business of writing

The Creative Penn: How you can achieve financial independence

Posted on 01/07/2020 at 09:06 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Money scares a lot of us, even if you don’t perceive yourself as a words-only person. Brad Barrett, who advocates...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, The business of writing

Kristine Kathryn Rusch: On book "birth" days versus release days

Posted on 01/03/2020 at 09:16 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Kristine Kathryn Rusch is always insightful and inspiring (and, yes, a bit intimidating in the challenges she issues). This most...

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Tagged As: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The business of writing

Joanna Penn reflects on the past year and decade in self-publishing

Posted on 12/30/2019 at 09:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s been quite the year for self-publishing — and, in fact, quite the decade for it. Heck, in 2009, Joanna...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, The business of writing

10 publishing myths that one marketer wants you to reject

Posted on 12/12/2019 at 12:27 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you’re hoping to profit financially off your books and not just emotionally, there are certain truths you’ll have to...

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Tagged As: Marketing, Penny Sansevieri, The business of writing

Kevin J. Anderson's route to long-term writing success

Posted on 12/09/2019 at 05:36 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

No one writer has all the answers. Author Kevin J. Anderson, though, has more than his fair share of the...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, The business of writing, Writer's block / writing prompts

How to build a yearlong book marketing plan

Posted on 12/01/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve got a hot second between holidays right now, so it’s time to serve up a huge helping of advice....

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Tagged As: Marketing, The business of writing