Orna Ross is an award - winning author - publisher, advocate for independent
authors and other creative entrepreneurs and, as Director of the Alliance of Independent Authors, «one of the 100 most influential people in publishing» (The Bookseller).
Known for her belief that «every business is now in the publishing business», Orna also empowers
authors and other creative entrepreneurs to succeed in today's creative, fast - changing, digital economy.
Not exact matches
-- Jill Johnson, founder
and creative director of AWE, a New York City - based jewelry line with ambassadors including a three - time Olympian, a NYT best - selling
author, a professional wakeboarder, a YouTube star who gave a TED Talk three days after reconstructive surgery,
and other survivors
If you are an
author, blogger, podcaster, or some sort of
other creative person who wants to get your ideas out in the world, the very first step is to be generous with your time
and energy.
«When you take concern for helping
others and add that to intrinsic motivation, people actually become more
creative,» said organizational psychologist Adam Grant,
author of the best - selling Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, in an interview with Christianity Today.
I've launched the project on the Kickstarter website, a site which helps
authors, movie makers, artists,
and other creative folks find funding for their projects,
and I would love you to go there, watch my short video, read about the project,
and hopefully be inspired to throw a few bucks our way.
Her many
other accomplishments include: speech artist -
and - therapist - in - residence at Karl - Schubert - Schule (Stuttgart); faculty of the School for Pedagogical
and Therapeutic Speech (Switzerland), current chairperson of
Creative Speech North America (association of speech artists); representative of the Performing Arts Section (Eurythmy, Speech, Music, Puppetry
and Drama) on the North American Collegium of the School of Spiritual Science; translator, editor,
author,
and actor.
As the
authors of that paper put it: «Clumsy solutions are
creative, flexible mixes of four ways of organizing, perceiving
and justifying that satisfy the adherents to some ways of life more than
other courses of actions, while leaving no actor worse off.
Authors Jan Kietzmann of the Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
and Ian Angell of the London School of Economics, UK, have coined the term «Generation - C,» in the spirit of the well - known Generation - X
and others, to encompass these «constantly connected citizens —
creative, capable, content - centric,
and community - oriented — who collectively communicate, collaborate, copy, co-develop, combine, contribute
and consume common content.»
Also, intellectual
creative work is protected by copyright law, including the right to prevent
others from modifying it without consent
and the moral right of an
author to be named as such (European IPR Helpdesk, 2013).
She also pulls back the curtain on how
other successful
authors and writers manage their
creative processes.
Today on q: Lady Bird director Greta Gerwig, i am
OTHER's chief
creative officer Mimi Valdes, The Hockey Sweater
author Roch Carrier
and photographer Mary McCartney.
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and / or
other countries.
Amazon offers enticing content for an
author's book page for $ 600, such as videos, sample page shots, photos
and other creative promotion ideas.
Because of the subjective nature of judging
creative pursuits, I think
authors and others should be able to self - identify.
«
Author Website» is just a word to describe all those
creative and interesting things you do — combined together
and building upon each
other — to form a meaningful relationship with your community or «tribe.»
Self - published
authors have to get
creative and find ways to get their books reviewed or mentioned in trade publications, smaller magazines, newspapers, websites,
and other outlets that reach the right target audience.
Adriann Ranta has represented New York Times bestselling, award - winning
authors, journalists, illustrators
and graphic novelists, as well as actors, stuntwomen, makeup artists,
and many
other pioneering
creative thinkers
and leaders in their fields.
The Hamline Young Writers Workshop is a chance for high school students who are passionate about
creative writing to explore the craft, prepare for college, connect with other young writers in the Twin Cities, and work closely with Hamline Creative Writing faculty and published
creative writing to explore the craft, prepare for college, connect with
other young writers in the Twin Cities,
and work closely with Hamline
Creative Writing faculty and published
Creative Writing faculty
and published
authors.
But while everyone else here is taking
author's
creative content
and using it to make an income, we indie
authors are supporting ourselves by not giving our rights or work away to publishers, doing everything ourselves, taking control over our own marketing platforms,
and urging
other authors to do the same.
Co-publishing deals typically pay higher royalties because the
author is investing in the development of the book by paying
creative development
and other pre-publication fees.
Perhaps more than any
other writer, a self - published
author understands the difficulties associated with balancing a
creative and professional life.
She's built a career as an
author - entrepreneur, sharing resources for
other authors at The
Creative Penn
and self - publishing New York Times
and USA Today best - selling thriller novels as
author J.F. Penn..
Publishing companies need
authors and editors to make money
and yet provide little or nothing
other than a gate keeping function that has kept many
creative authors from getting the exposure they needed to get an audience.
Three Muses
Creative is Perrin Davis, a Chicago - based freelance editor, writer,
author website creator,
and self - publishing consultant with a specialization in cookbooks, books about finance
and economics,
and other nonfiction titles.
I've written extensively about this in my book, Public Speaking for
Authors,
Creatives and Other Introverts, if you want to look into that as an option.
Author are
creatives,
and like
other creatives, we can learn from them on how they exploit their rights.
She also pulls back the curtain on how
other successful
authors and writers manage their
creative processes.
I offer writing
and editing services for
authors, publishers,
and other creative professionals.
«They're running their business with two general imperatives in mind: (i) maintain the primacy of paper (in significant part, by delaying the release of digital books
and pricing them too high);
and (ii) offer punitive financial,
creative,
and other terms to
authors.
E2BU, aka the Enhanced Ebook University, educates
authors and publishers on the
creative and business potential of enhanced ebooks — electronic books that transcend traditional reading experiences by incorporating video, online links
and other multimedia elements into the narrative.
There's rather a lot of expertise available to the average self - publishing
author,
and if that
author can't afford to pay for certain services or wishes to retain
creative control, that's that
author's prerogative —
and no one is forcing Russo
and other authors like him to read anything he doesn't want to read, or publish any differently than he always has.
Many
authors decide to forgo the services
and fees associated with hybrid publishing in favor of spending less money, maintaining all
creative control, or for various
other reasons.
After a lot of speculating
and looking at
other titles in retailers» digital catalog, it was surmised that the
authors with the technical know - how to create
and publish their own enhanced ebooks were probably people who had a strong interest in computers
and technology; therefore, that level of interest spilled over into their
creative work.
Indeed, one of the most
creative - marketing
author - marketer - speakers I am aware of, Seth Godin (to use an example of someone who is familiar to lots of bloggers) often gives away eBooks because he knows they enhance his «brand»
and will help generate revenue in
other ways.
I hope you can see The
Creative Penn becoming a resource hub for writers
and authors, a community where we can help each
other and learn together.
Even though your
creative self might object to the idea, this means having to occasionally leave your
author identity to one side
and deal with boring things like building websites, sending e-newsletters, doing a tax return
and so on: in
other words, all the routine aspects of running your own business.
Check out our resource library here at The Kill Zone (down the right sidebar), as well as blogs like Writer Unboxed, Janice Hardy's Fiction University (formerly The
Other Side of the Story), K. M. Weiland's Helping Writers Become
Authors, Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi's Writers Helping Writers (formerly The Bookshelf Muse), Elizabeth Craig's Mystery Writing is Murder, Joanna Penn's The
Creative Penn, John Yeoman's The Wicked Writing Blog,
and more.
It does mean that you'll have to be more
creative in terms of blogging, but I think there's still a story to be told in terms of your
author journey
AND you can connect with
other authors who are making their way.
* Networking * Reviews
and how to get them / deal with bad ones * How to know when your work is «good enough» to take the plunge
and publish * How to find your own
author group or get invited to one (like you have with the Indelibles) * Working with ACX
and narrators * How to work well with
other creative professionals, like book cover designers.
Additionally, Certa Publishing
and our marketing partners provide
authors with personalized
creative marketing training on branding, social media,
other Internet marketing outlets, as well as media engagements.
When it comes to
creative graphics
and other resources for your
author book trailer, you can spend as little or as much as you would like to.
Asymmetrical is an indie publishing house
and an online home full of people — bloggers, fiction
authors, photographers, poets,
and other creative types — looking to up their publishing game, learn from each
other,
and share what they already know.
For writers,
authors, designers,
and other people whose main talent is their
creative skills, it is their right to demand payment.
I write bestselling non-fiction under Joanna Penn, including How To Market A Book, Business for
Authors: How to be an
Author Entrepreneur, How to Make a Living with your Writing, The Successful
Author Mindset, The Healthy Writer, Successful Self - Publishing, Public Speaking for
Authors,
Creatives and Other Introverts,
and Career Change.
I've been working with
authors, musicians,
and other creatives for over 13 years helping them find
and connect with their ideal audience online.
While nonfiction
authors might be rightly concerned with traffic to their site (as a part of their platform — overall visibility
and reach), novelists, poets,
and other creative writers should probably treat their site as a critical tool underpinning career - long marketing
and promotion efforts, but not necessarily as an end in itself — unless you're generating content, blogging, or doing something to attract attention, which we're about to discuss.
Creativity is creativity
and if you look at marketing
and promoting your books as part of the whole
creative process — rather than look to what
other authors have done
and try to imitate that for success (i.e. giveaways, FB ads, book marks
and imprinted mugs)-- you are sure to find the perfect formula for success that works for you
and your book.
It felt scandalous to me that as a journalist I could hear from publishing executives, analysts, commentators speaking to each
other... as if the
authors weren't on the need - to - know list about a market smoky with confusion
and wholly dependent on the
creative essential produced by the absent
authors.
CP
authors enjoy much more
creative control
and higher royalties than they would at any
other publisher.