Do you have a mission from God to reach readers? Many years have passed since I first wrote some children’s stories I knew came from God. I shared them repeatedly with my four-and six-year-old children, never realizing God had a…
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What Every Author Needs to Know about Self-Publishing
What Every Author Needs to Know about Self-Publishing There are many differences between self-publishing and traditional publishing. Today, most writers understand and appreciate the control self-published authors keep for themselves. A key difference between self-publishing and traditional is the profit…
Why Every Book Needs A Trailer
Why Every Book Needs A Trailer Every book needs a trailer to help promote it. Follow these tips to create a magical book trailer and boost your audience. Self-publishing success relies on independent authors doing their own book marketing, and…
Learn to Wait on God’s Timing
Learn to Wait on God’s Timing Have you ever been discouraged as a self-published author? Success takes time and planning. Instead of being discouraged, learn to wait on God’s timing. As a self-published Christian author, my knowledge of the publishing…
Are You Scheduling Time For Jesus?
Are You Scheduling Time For Jesus? Has the title of this blog made you question if you are scheduling time for Jesus? Are spending enough time with the Lord? Or if you are “doing too much”? Are you putting more…
Why Every Author Needs to Make Encouraging Writing Friends
Have you ever been discouraged as an indie author? I need encouragement and have often struggled with finding the right friends. Over the years I have learned that having writing friends who are encouraging are paramount to an author’s success.
What A Writer’s Critique Group Can Do for You
Throughout my writer’s journey, I needed someone to talk shop with about book marketing, traditional publishing, and indie publishing. To help improve my writing, I decided to seek out and attend a writers’ critique group.
What You Should Know About Correctly Placed Commas
For the Christian author wanting to self-publish a book or books, quality (besides good content) should be a priority. Correctly placed commas are an important aspect of excellent writing. Even if you plan to hire a book editor, which is one of two simple steps to improving your manuscript, you should do your own self-editing as part of the writing process.
How To Determine the Best Printing Method
You’ve written and edited your book, prepped your files, and now you’re ready to send it to print! Even after you’ve checked off all those boxes, you may have another significant decision between digital and offset printing. So, what’s the best printing method? Whether you’re publishing a full-color hardcover children’s book or black and white softcover, it’s essential to know your print production options and how they could affect your budget, timeline, and, most of all, the successful sale of your books.
How to Succeed as a New Indie Author
How to Succeed as a New Indie Author Type “How to succeed as a new author” into Google, and you will receive 238 million results. With a plethora of information on this topic, why should you listen to me? Because…
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