Meet the Members: Carolyn Howard-Johnson, author of How to Get Great Book Reviews Frugally and Ethically

Carolyn Howard-Johnson was interviewed by Jo Lindsell. I have enjoyed working with you, Carolyn, from day one of my Promo Day event and I was especially honored to be a speaker at the Rome Retreat you sponsored with Eve LaSalle Caram. Interviews are another great way to get better acquainted to here goes!  What genre […]

Round-Up Question of the Week: What are your favorite mobile apps?

Last week we asked our community on Facebook to answer this question: What are your favorite mobile apps?  Here’s what they had to say: Pamela Cummins: Pinterest’s app has made my life easier! This app enables me to pin wherever I am, plus check if there are any inappropriate pins on my group board. Stephanie […]

Amazon Out of Stock Issues and the Pros and Cons of Publishing with CreateSpace, IngramSpark and Lightning Source

Recently there has been much discussion in the publishing community around whether authors should publish their books with both IngramSpark/Lightning Source and CreateSpace or choose just one publishing platform. Below we break down some of the pros and cons you should know about. But first, let’s clarify that IngramSpark is a publishing platform for indie […]

Leverage Social Media (Whether you like it or not)

Here’s the reality: social media is not a fad and isn’t going away. If you’ve been avoiding social media, consider this a gentle nudge to help you get serious. The good news is that social media is ideal for nonfiction authors—we write! And our readers want to hear from us! You also don’t have to […]

How Well Do You Balance the Business and the Art of Writing? by Rosanne Bane

You know how to take care of business as a nonfiction writer. You’re professional. You attend to all the details of putting your writing into the world from analyzing your audience to zeroing in on new ways to promote your writing. But all this serious business stuff is probably not why you started writing. You […]

“Start to” and “Decide to”: Are They Flooding Your Writing? by Barbara McNichol

When you look back at what you’ve written, take time to find how many times you start sentences with the word “start” or “begin.” For example, in a 5,000-word document I edited, those two words appeared 14 times, while only five were deemed necessary to the meaning. That’s a lot of extra words flooding your […]