The Adult Coloring Book Craze
by Sandra Murphy Publishers Weekly reported sales in 2015 of 1.75 million copies of the ten best-selling adult coloring books, through November. Coloring books allow users to be creative without…
Business of Writing
The Real Costs of Self-Publishing
by Linda Formichelli Self-publishing consists of whipping out a manuscript and sticking it up on Amazon, right? After all, self-publishing is all about doing it yourself! Who needs to hire…
Your Pen or Mine
by Barbara Hunter and Catina Williams When we tell other authors we are collaborating on a book series, the response is astonishment. Suddenly, no one is interested in what we…
Commit: How to Blast Through Problems and Meet Your Goals through Massive Action
by Linda Formichelli Commit is taking massive action to solve a problem or reach a goal. It’s pretty much the opposite of the baby-steps approach. When you Commit, you do…
Should You Use a Pseudonym?
by Moira Allen As a writer, you naturally want to make a name for yourself. But what if that name isn’t the one you were born with? Writing under pseudonyms…
How to Gain Control Over Your Freelancing Life
by Linda Formichelli When we sense our life is out of our control, we tend to feel anxious, worried, and depressed, and our motivation suffers. We feel as if life…
Love Yourself, Love Your Wealth, Top-Ten Magic Manifesting Tips
by Teresa Maron Have you ever thought about what true abundance feels like? Most of us have felt that delicious feeling of complete comfort and joy, but what does it…
Around the World and Back Again
by C. Hope Clark Most readers think I began writing nonfiction, and then branched into fiction. I have no idea which I wrote first, but it doesn’t matter. A real…
Ethics and Legal Concerns – Both Matter
“Ignorance of the law excuses no man.” -John Selden [1584-1654] Plagiarism, copyright infringement, and defamation of character, which includes libel and slander, have no place in a book¾or anywhere else…
To Get Published You Need to Do Your Homework
by Susan C. Daffron Writing is a product. A basic marketing truism is that you can’t sell a product if no one wants to buy it. Whether or not your…