How to Transition from Author to Author Entrepreneur
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022 How to Transition from Author to Author Entrepreneur
Shae Bynes is Founder and Chief Fire Igniter of Kingdom Driven Entrepreneur, a global movement that helps entrepreneurs experience God’s best in business and have a greater Kingdom impact in the marketplace. Questions: Why do authors struggle with the business side of writing? Let’s talk about debt. What would you say to an author who is thinking to put their next self published book on their …
What Makes You Click?
Below is a visual representation of some astounding statistics regarding Internet usage. A little more than twelve years ago I wrote a chapter for a writing book on how to use the Internet for research. I re-read that article recently...umm, Google didn't even exist back then (founded in September 1998), much less Wikipedia (where the jury is still out if is a reliable source for verifiable …
Fun Fridays – April 26, 2019
Today’s video features Victor Borge at his concert-conducting best. One of the finest musical comedians of all time.
Book Proposal Basics – All About You
The next section of a proposal is titled “Author”; and, as you can guess, it is about you. Third Person Though writing in the third person may feel pretentious and strange, compose this section this way. While sharing something like, “I love drinking raspberry herbal tea; and my cat, Sparkles, helps me write my books,” may sound friendly, save that style of writing for another time. If you do want …
Using Someone Else’s Words (What Is Fair Use?)
One of the ways in which writing for publication has changed over the years involves the use of someone else’s words in something you write. Once upon a time, what constituted fair use of copyrighted material was pretty straightforward, comprising three basic factors: The length of what you use The length of what you use it in The character of what you use it in Each is relative to the other. So, …
021 How To Podcast Your Way to Publishing Success
How To Podcast Your Way to Publishing Success
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021 How To Podcast Your Way to Publishing Success
Chase Replogle is the founding pastor of Bent Oak Church, a writer & podcaster. He hosts the weekly Pastor Writer Podcast (pastorwriter.com), interviewing pastors and authors on writing, reading, and the Christian Life. The site also chronicles Chase’s ongoing writing projects, attracting many new listeners and readers each month. Questions: How has podcasting impacting your career? How does …
Criticism Is an Unhappy Part of the Business
I would like to tell you about a most enjoyable day. Our agency's guidelines request that unsolicited manuscripts come via the post (I know it's old-school but it works for us), but we still receive e-mail submissions. I spent an entire morning going through that particular in-box, having an assistant send standard e-mail rejection letters, since none were anything our agency could/would …
Rewrite is Constant
Whether you’re a published or unpublished writer, aspiring or “arrived” (as if), you have probably discovered one of the foibles of the writing life: Rewrite is constant. You can’t escape it. In fact, unless you’re a brand new writer, you probably can’t help but edit and rewrite repeatedly and reflexively during the course of a day. You might be walking through the airport and find yourself …