I received a call from a prospective client a few days ago. He said he had called many ghostwriters before finally trying us. We discussed his book project. Books are usually extremely time consuming to write and so therefore you can expect to pay quite a lot if...
Can you use a good laugh? David Thorne is an Australian writer, humorist and satirist. I think he’s a really funny guy. He’s got a website that I discovered today. I clicked on a page that details a 2015 email exchange with a book-signing coordinator with...
I live in the Los Angeles area and LA is notorious for its cop chases. There was one last night. Coverage began on the local CBS newscast at 11pm PDT on Friday, September 8, 2017. At 11:35, the news ended and Stephen Colbert’s show began. Helicopter coverage...
Believe it or not. This really has nothing to do with writing, but today, a friend stared down at my desk and picked up my old Canon calculator. “How old is this thing?” he asked as he turned it to inspect each surface. I was taken aback. I tried to...
How do you get known? Consider the example of e-book author Mark Dawson. His first novel sold poorly until Amazon suggested that he offer it for free. BOOM! Fifty thousand downloads in one weekend. That built name recognition and an audience for the second e-book....
Janet Reid is a literary agent and she has a blog. It seems that many publishers, traditional as well as publish-on-demand, are declaring bankruptcy. Ms. Reid wrote this article on what an author ought to do to protect him- or herself in such an eventuality....
