Posted on 1/16/2019 While the majority of independent book sales tend to be in electronic form, print versions of books are sometimes needed, either for author signings, author giveaway, for readers who prefer print, or for bookstores and libraries who want print copies
Posted on 12/19/2018 There’s no denying that smartwatches have a cool factor. They’re literally the embodiment of Dick Tracy’s talking two-way wrist watch. (Well, to those of us who remember Dick Tracy.) Smartwatches are a compact way to carry around our connections...
Posted on 12/11/2018 As marketing becomes a bigger and bigger part of a writer’s life, it’s important we make sure that what we are doing is both effective and strategic. Some writers are very good at marketing. Others (like yours truly) have good intentions, but stumble
Posted on 12/5/2018 For professional writers, the creative side of writing is necessarily tied to the business side. We’re in this to make money, thus the decision to reinvent one’s career or author identity is also tied to financial concerns...
Posted on 11/5/2018 When Amazon’s Kindle debuted back in 2007, people were rightly concerned about getting locked into a specific book-buying ecosystem. When the Kindle first launched...
Posted on 11/5/2018 Before I moved to Texas, writers warned me Austin wasn’t a “romance town.” I knew that couldn’t be true. Considering romance’s sales figures, especially in Texas, Austin had to have its share of fans...
Posted on 11/5/2018 Facing deadlines is a reality for successful writers, yet sharing our true feelings on the subject might be the last taboo. It’s okay to talk about writing all day in your pajamas as a job perk...
Posted on 11/5/2018 For many romance writers, publication isn’t the catapult to the cosmos we might wish it to be. My own twenty-plus-year career trajectory has been one of two steps forward, one step back. There was the year I had a book optioned for feature film...
Posted on 11/5/2018 In this month’s column, we’re going to talk about dealing with change. None of us really enjoys having the rug pulled out from underneath us, and it can leave us floundering and asking that oh-so-familiar question...
Posted on 11/5/2018 I’m a shameless conspirator in my own success. Because of my extroversion, most people tend to think of me as a wacky disruptive presence. In many ways, that’s true. I’m a bone-deep rabble-rouser who loves improvisation...
Posted on 10/1/2018 Trumpeting our successes can get us into trouble. People who loathe the promotional process often point to this as the big turnoff: “I just don’t like puffing myself up.” “I don’t want to seem too big for my britches."...
Posted on 10/1/2018 So, you’re thinking of hiring an assistant to help you with the running of your business. Excellent plan! This is an important step in the foundation of a functional, efficient business with a CEO (that’s you) who can...
Posted on 10/1/2018 As I’m writing this article, the RWA conference is recently over and I’m back home in reality. That means working the day job, juggling vehicles with kid summer jobs, and a vegetable garden that grew two feet since I left...
Posted on 10/1/2018 While each of us got into the business at different times, have unique backgrounds, vary in job responsibilities, location, and a myriad of other details, we can all agree on a simple fact: we love our jobs. We work with authors across the globe to m