In my previous article, I shared the three major things that helped me succeed as a non-fiction writer. You can catch up on that article at How Much Do Self-published Authors Make on Amazon? As you’re building an audience while working on your book, one of the best tools at your fingertips is email marketing. Email marketing for book promotion …
I remember the first time I attempted to self-publish a book a long time ago, I tried to use a vanity press. In a great appreciation of my gullibility, they sent me an invoice for over $10,000 for the process from start to finish including about 500 copies of the book. At the time, I felt it wasn’t practicable financially …
I was rummaging around on Twitter a few days ago when I stumbled on a hashtag that I found alarming. If you’re active on Twitter and you’re a writer, then you might have come across the same hashtag #publishingpaidme. The hashtag was started by LL McKinney @ElleonWords to expose the inconsistencies (bias) between the advances black and white authors receive. Now, …
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“Is it possible to be creative under pressure?” One of my stressed-out friends asked me this a few weeks ago and it led me to remember something that happened when I was in secondary school. When I was 16, I was commandeered, to write a poem. Yep, you read that right. My boarding school was having a creative arts competition …
Today marks day 65 for me in quarantine. I still can’t believe I’ve been indoors for 2 months. I go out for grocery shopping and to pick up mail at the post office but I’m mostly in my room. Though I’m an introvert, the first two to three weeks of quarantine were tedious for me because my reading and writing …