Posts Tagged ‘writing’
Contributed by: Shel Horowitz
Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Pictures of the Gone World…The Celestine Prophecy…Joy of Cooking…South Beach Diet…Worms Eat My Garbage…Winning Through Intimidation—What do these books have in common?
Answer: they all started as self-published. Self-publishing first is a long and honorable tradition. Ben Franklin, Anaïs Nin, Leo Tolstoy, Henry David Thoreau, and Walt Whitman are among the authors who first published themselves and then went to bigger houses (posthumously, in some cases).
Most authors dream about landing a big New York publisher, or at least a well-respected independent house—but with 560,626 books published in 2008 just in the United States, and only a few thousand of them coming from established royalty-paying commercial publishers, the odds are steep.
But it can be done, even if you’re not a household name. Continue Reading
Contributed by: TJ Wisner
Mrs. Ashbaugh was one of my favorite teachers in Junior High, probably because she wore short skirts and sat on top of her desk. She did however teach my least favorite class, English. Although writing has never been one of my stronger attributes, it is a very effective way to communicate to others. Therefore, in my quest to continuously enhance my writing abilities, I often read articles and take online seminars on effective writing. One very important thing I have learned is… Continue Reading
Contributed by: Paul M. Strickler
There are all sorts of folks willing to give (or should I say sell?) you advice on how to write a book, how to publish a book, how to self-publish, how to edit, how to market and every other aspect of this business we call publishing, literature, or writing. Most of these folks will be happiest if you purchase their book answering one or all of these questions for you. You could quickly fill your bookshelf—perhaps your home—with books that answer these questions according to each writer’s opinion and experience.
So here’s my take on all this. And who am I, you ask? An author that struggled with all these same questions myself, who wrote a novel and then re-wrote it again and again as I persistently Continue Reading