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Don Massenzio These two indie platforms are partnering to help authors produce audiobooks at affordable prices 1 Indie authors who publish through platforms like Amazon or CreateSpace usually don’t have the resources to publish an audiobook, which can be an expensive endeavor with production costs that self-published or first-time authors cannot afford. Now, self-publishing platform […]
#motownwriters: 15 Reasons Why Your Book Isn’t Selling
Originally posted on Motown Writers Network . . . Michigan Literary Network:
15 Reasons Why Your Book Isn’t Selling BY JOEL FRIEDLANDER We’ve all been there: a book we were excited about, one that we worked on earnestly. But when it hit the market, all that came back was a big yawn. No author wants to be in that…
Forensic Science in the Latter Half of the 19th Century
Originally posted on History of Forensics :
Francis Galton (1822-1911). Image provided by Wellcome Library, London (CC BY 4.0). This time we move into the second half of the 19th century, where a number of familiar technologies had arisen, such as the photographic camera. The camera as an invention has a long, complex and somewhat disputed…
Not so bad after all.
Originally posted on Megan Morgan:
From time to time on this blog, in addition to sharing, teaching, pulling my hair out, and bemoaning the hardships of writing, I’m also going to talk about the things I love. Those things I HEART about writing. When you stop by and just want a little inspiration, hit up…
Blurb Wars! Writer Friends Try Their Hand At Water Castle’s Blurb. (Wanna Give It A Shot Yourself?)
Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
Too long! Too short! Wrong girl! That’s the hardest part/parts of getting a cover and getting a blurb. It can drive you crazy! Luckily, I am surrounded by lots and lots of smart writer types who can step up and help. Like our good friend Marie Malo (check out her…
How do I win the battle of the keyboard? Advice from cat-owning writers needed
Originally posted on BRIDGET WHELAN writer:
Murphy is my new flatmate and we get on very well but one for thing…he thinks the keyboard is his natural home. It is a place to stretch and show off his fine physique, his elastic body reaching all the way from caps lock on the left hand side…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 