Indie Authors: Curious About Setting Up Direct Sales for Your Books?
You’ve heard that old saw about not putting all your eggs in one basket, yeah? This is why you should consider direct sales for your
You’ve heard that old saw about not putting all your eggs in one basket, yeah? This is why you should consider direct sales for your
But for authors and freelancers like us, who make their living on a keyboard, that’s like a quarterback blowing out his knee. Only most of
A clever play on words can draw attention in a good way, but you don’t want anything to detract from your story. And nothing can yank a discerning reader out of a book quicker than heaving beasts or the flow of hair through fabric.
Voice. Authors have to cultivate it—it’s one of the major things that builds reader loyalty, especially in a saturated market. But what exactly do people mean when they talk about an author’s voice, usually in statements like these:
On my way into town this morning, a song came on the radio and part of the lyrics were “everything I’ve dreamed for.” I also
Whatever your character is doing isn’t working. Time to change tactics. There’s also a similar phrase—to change tack. But the two words—tack and tactic—are actually
You may be wondering if there’s a difference between a spoonful of sugar or a spoon full of sugar. The same applies to roomful, forkful,
Grammar: Commas with Relative Clauses That versus which perplexes a lot of people. First things first—let’s talk about restrictive versus nonrestrictive clauses. A relative clause
If you’re new to self-publishing, you might not know exactly what to expect as you go through the editing and production process. This is true
You may have wondered about the tools editors use. A dictionary is probably the first thing that comes to mind. But which one? A grammar