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Three biggest mistakes that new authors make

A guest post by author consultant Barb Drozdowich I’d like to thank Scott for inviting me to share some thoughts today.  I’ve published four books focused at helping authors. They cover a variety of subjects and basically represent needs that I see in my day job,  teaching authors WordPress and helping them with various social […]

Guest post: How I landed publishers by choosing to self-publish

By Kristen Elise, Ph.D.P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:lin Here’s a secret: publishers love the self-publishing author. When Scott asked me to do a guest post about marketing for newbie novelists, my first reaction was, “I don’t know anything about marketing — I’m a newbie novelist myself.” Then I received two contract offers for my first […]