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Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published
Becoming an author is about more than your writing
by, Jill Swenson
November 1, 2013

Coaching a writer to become an author involves more than writing. I’ve had the good fortune to work with writers for 30 years and I’ve discovered one secret to an author’s success that has nothing to do with their writing talents: professional behavior. I see too many good writers make mistakes without knowing they inflict self-injury to their publishing efforts. Here’s a list of things… [Read More]

Filed Under: copyright royalties, Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published, getting paid as a writer, Literary managers, Mistakes writers make, professional, Scratch Magazine
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Getting Your Book Published
by, Jill Swenson
February 5, 2011

In my last blog post I recommended Writer’s Digest 2011 Guide to Literary Agents. You may not be ready to get an agent if you haven’t already studied The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write It, Sell It, and Market It…Successfully! (Workman Publishing, 2010). Writers Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry previously published much of this how-to guidebook as Putting Your… [Read More]

Filed Under: Arielle Eckstut, David Henry Sterry, e-books, Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published, Putting Your Passion into Print, Social Media, Workman Publishing
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