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December 20, 2020 By Anne R. Allen 89 Comments

5 Tell-Tale Signs of an Amateur Self-Published Book

5 Tell-Tale Signs of an Amateur Self-Published Book

An amateur self-published book gives professional indies a bad name by Anne R. Allen When you’re confined to a hospital bed for several months the way I was last summer, you read a lot of books. During my 2+ months of medical incarceration, I read pretty much everything loaded onto my trusty old Kindle (over […]

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Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Writing Craft Tagged With: common grammar mistakes, self publishing, Sherwood Ltd.

December 2, 2018 By Anne R. Allen 37 Comments

You’ve Finished Your First Novel! What to Do Now: 7 Do’s and Don’ts

You’ve Finished Your First Novel! What to Do Now: 7 Do’s and Don’ts

Win #NaNoWriMo? Time to celebrate! Especially if it’s your first novel. by Anne R. Allen. Did you win #NaNo? Is it a first novel? Congratulations!!! Only about 3% of people who start novels actually finish, so you’re a major winner right there. You’ve done something spectacular. So break out the bubbly and savor the moment! […]

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Filed Under: Self-Publishing, The Publishing Business, The Writing Life Tagged With: 36 Best Blogs on the Business of Writing, first novels, Indie or Traditional Publishing?, self publishing, The Author Blog

September 2, 2018 By Anne R. Allen 96 Comments

9 Pieces of Bad Publishing Advice New Writers Should Ignore

9 Pieces of Bad Publishing Advice New Writers Should Ignore

by Anne R. Allen Social Media is both a boon and a curse to new writers. Online writing groups and forums are an excellent source of insider information on the publishing industry—stuff we once could only find at expensive classes and writers’ conferences. But social media is also a major source of misinformation and dangerously […]

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Filed Under: Self-Publishing, Social Media and Marketing For Writers, The Publishing Business Tagged With: Googling Old Boyfriends, Kindle Unlimited, newsletters, self publishing, Self-Editing, So Much for Buckingham, social media for authors

August 19, 2018 By Anne R. Allen 44 Comments

10 Mistakes I Made as a New Indie Author

10 Mistakes I Made as a New Indie Author

An Indie Author CAN publish with dignity and rise above the sleaze. by Derek Murphy I was at a writer’s conference recently where a woman was upset because the agent she pitched didn’t believe in her book. She wanted more support, more sympathy, more understanding. The speaker pointed out that the agent’s job is not […]

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Filed Under: Self-Publishing, The Publishing Business Tagged With: Book Marketing, Derek Murphy, Guerrilla Publishing, indie publishing, self publishing

May 13, 2018 By Anne R. Allen 43 Comments

Traditional Publishing vs. Self-Publishing: Eldonna Edwards Weighs the Pros and Cons

Traditional Publishing vs. Self-Publishing: Eldonna Edwards Weighs the Pros and Cons

Yes! Traditional publishing is possible after self-publishing.   by Eldonna Edwards I’d been writing a novel off-and-on for over a decade when life threw me one of those cosmic curveballs that sent me careening in a totally different direction. Actually, it was more like me running onto the field and catching a curveball between the eyes, […]

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Filed Under: Self-Publishing, The Publishing Business, The Writing Life Tagged With: Eldonna Edwards, Indie or Traditional Publishing?, indie publishing, self publishing, This I Know

April 22, 2018 By Anne R. Allen 131 Comments

Authors Beware: Amazon Gets Medieval on Paid and Traded Reviews

Authors Beware: Amazon Gets Medieval on Paid and Traded Reviews

 Amazon’s paid review crackdown may have punished “over a million” innocent customers. by Anne R. Allen My inbox has been bursting with unsolicited emails for the past few weeks. I must be on a new list of “easy prey” circulating in the the author-scamming community. Several sleazy guys with dodgy language skills have hit me […]

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Filed Under: Scams and Alerts for Writers, Social Media and Marketing For Writers, Writers Dealing with Reviews and Rejection Tagged With: #AmazonClosed, Amazon crackdown, Amazon reviews, Barb Taub, paid reviews, self publishing, The Gatsby Game, Writing scams

February 18, 2018 By Anne R. Allen 93 Comments

Blogging isn’t Dead: 8 Reasons to Start an Author Blog

Blogging isn’t Dead: 8 Reasons to Start an Author Blog

An Author Blog is still one of the best ways to build platform By Anne R. Allen If you tell your non-writing friends you’re thinking of starting an author blog, you’ll probably hear some noise about how blogging is “totally over.” People have been pronouncing the demise of blogging for a decade. Google “blogging is […]

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Filed Under: Blogging for Authors, The Publishing Business Tagged With: Author blogs, Author Platform, Catherine Ryan Hyde, How to Be a Writer in the E-Age, self publishing, The Author Blog: Easy Blogging for Busy Authors

February 19, 2017 By Anne R. Allen 62 Comments

Yes, You Can Make a Living Writing Fiction! 10 Tips from Elizabeth S. Craig

Yes, You Can Make a Living Writing Fiction! 10 Tips from Elizabeth S. Craig

 Make a Living Writing Fiction: Follow these Ten Steps By Elizabeth S. Craig  I’ve been asked by everyone from writers with day jobs to high school students if it’s possible to make a living as a writer.  The answer is easy—it’s definitely possible.  The next question is trickier to answer—how does one go about making […]

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Filed Under: Self-Publishing, The Publishing Business Tagged With: advice for writers, Elizabeth S. Craig, how to write fast, indie publishing, Jane Friedman, Porter Anderson, self publishing, story bible

October 16, 2016 By Anne R. Allen 163 Comments

Amazon’s New Review Rules: Should Authors Be Worried?

Amazon’s New Review Rules: Should Authors Be Worried?

Amazon’s New Review Rules: Nobody expects the Amazon Inquisition! by Anne R. Allen Amazon has been tweaking its customer review rules. Some revisions appeared in late September and others debuted early in October. So how do they affect authors? Should we be worried? Is the Amazon Review Inquisition going to excommunicate more reviewers and banish our reviews? […]

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Filed Under: The Publishing Business, Writers Dealing with Reviews and Rejection Tagged With: Amazon Review Guidelines, Amazon review removal, Amazon reviews, Amazon rules, American Bar Association Journal, book bloggers, Book Marketing, Molly Greene, self publishing, So Much for Buckingham

September 11, 2016 By Anne R. Allen 61 Comments

Selling Books on Social Media: 4 Steps to Less Wasted Time

Selling Books on Social Media: 4 Steps to Less Wasted Time

 Selling books on social media can be a time-suck by Chris Syme A mind-boggling 78 percent of Americans have a social media profile. And a little over half of them are on more than one channel. It is a given that authors can develop loyal audiences and sell more books with the help of social media. […]

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Filed Under: Social Media and Marketing For Writers Tagged With: Book Marketing, Chris Syme, How to sell books, self publishing, social media for authors, Social Media Marketing

August 21, 2016 By Anne R. Allen 56 Comments

Finished Your First Novel? What To Do Now.

Finished Your First Novel? What To Do Now.

First novel finished? Celebrate! by Anne R. Allen You finished your first novel! Break out the bubbly. Order a cake. Buy some really good chocolate. Time for a major celebration. Only about 3% of people who start novels actually finish, so you’re a major winner right there. You’ve done something spectacular. Savor the moment! Finishing […]

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Filed Under: E-Books and Technology for Writers, Self-Publishing, The Writing Life, Writing Craft Tagged With: first novels, planning your writing career, practice novels, self publishing, Sherwood Ltd., Writing tips

December 27, 2015 By Ruth Harris 50 Comments

11 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR WRITERS WHO WANT TO LIVE DANGEROUSLY

11 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR WRITERS WHO WANT TO LIVE DANGEROUSLY

by Ruth Harris With tongue firmly in cheek, Ruth Harris tells us what NOT to do in the coming year to further our writing careers. We both wish you the very best in 2016! If you’re a new commenter on the blog, you may have to wait for comment moderation. I apologize for that–we LOVE […]

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Filed Under: The Writing Life, Writing Craft Tagged With: A Kiss at Kihali, Ruth Harris, self publishing, social media for authors, Writer Self-Care, Writing tips

July 12, 2015 By Anne R. Allen 29 Comments

Indie Authors: How to Get Visible in Libraries

Indie Authors: How to Get Visible in Libraries

  We’re jazzed to have a visit this week from one of the most respected journalists in the publishing industry. Porter Anderson‘s resumé includes CNN, The Dallas Times Herald, and the Village Voice. He also writes for online biggies like Writer Unboxed, ThoughtCatalog, and FutureBook. He visits most of the major publishing industry conferences worldwide […]

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Filed Under: E-Books and Technology for Writers, Self-Publishing, The Publishing Business Tagged With: bogus writing contests, Chanel and Gatsby, Hugh Howey, indie publishing, Porter Anderson, self publishing, Self-E Library Journal, Victoria Noe, writing contests

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