Category: Becoming a Professional Writer

  • How Should I Price My Books?

    by Vincent Davis @vbdavisII How can we possibly hope to value a book that we've written? Blood, sweat, and tears were poured into that manuscript. It became our baby. So, now that our baby manuscript has grown up to be a big-boy book, and it’s ready to go out into…

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  • Writing Coaches – Yea or Nay

    By Cindy K. Sproles @CindyDevoted Conferences are the best. Sure, they cost a little money…well, a bit of money, but if you are serious about your writing career then this is an expense you can’t afford to miss. Since Covid hit in 2020, many conferences were either shut down or…

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  • Is the Writing Pitch What is Important?

    By Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted I recently corresponded with a writer who told me she attended a conference where pitching your work seemed to be “the thing”, but at the same time, there were no classes to help her learn how to pitch. This greatly disturbed me because, though pitching your…

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  • Do I Need a Literary Agent? Part II

    by Blythe Daniel @BlytheDaniel I was recently asked, “What do you love about your job?” and I shared what I always share: “I love helping people look at their idea or ideas and help them continue to shape it and find the right publisher as we think about who the…

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  • Where Authors Can Take Bookmarks

    By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills A writer has a new release, and she is excited to promote the book. One of the means of creating awareness to readers is The publisher has provided many bookmarks or the writer has designed them. The writer is ready to distribute them to readers. But…

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  • 23 Things You Can Do For Your Writing Self

    by Edie Melson @EdieMelson There are a lot of things about being a writer that are hard. And there are a lot of ways we make it even harder on ourselves. So today, I’d like to remind you—and me—of ways to be a little bit kinder on ourselves. [tweet_box design="default"…

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