Sentences with phrase «newbie authors»

Toxic sociopaths lie in wait for newbie authors, looking for egos to flatten and careers to destroy.

What I find with most writers who contact me is that they are newbie authors.

However, that doesn't mean to say we newbie authors have to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

As a result newbie authors are pushing to promote their books hoping to make a sale and some of them do desperate tactics that only hurt them and waste their time.

He's my go - to source for industry news, and is on a campaign against sketchy businesses preying on newbie authors.

Sadly, too many newbie authors forget about the contract and get themselves into trouble when the editor doesn't hold up his or her end of the bargain.

«Don't they [PW] have a reputation to uphold and newbie authors to educate?»

Amazon changed the publishing field — a great thing for so many newbie authors who didn't think New York or an agent would ever give them a moment's notice... and it's also a not so good thing.

So I discovered your blog and have sent many, many people your way, most of them newbie authors who haven't been able to get their book published and are thinking of self - publishing.

Newbie authors, award - winning veterans, and hybrid indies.

Some of the self publishing misinformation is meant to mislead, because someone's making money from newbie authors, the rest of it's just nonsense.

A new program from Penguin that made me throw up in my mouth when I read about it... Book Country, which debuted in April as a place for authors to post their work for critique, recently announced a program to turn manuscripts posted on their website into ebooks and paper books... I'm blogging about this to warn newbie authors NOT to use Book Country.

Amazon changed the publishing field — a great thing for so many newbie authors who didn't think a New York publisher or an agent would ever give them a moment's notice... and it's also not so good a thing.

All you have to do is read author blogs — and I'm not talking about newbie authors.

Newbie authors need nurturing, I agree but they are not all self published.

It's common for newbie authors to bombard every social media community they find with daily pleas to GET MY BOOK NOW.

Newbie authors often miss this lesson, and as a result, all 15 characters in their novel end up sounding exactly like the author.

As newbie authors ask questions, many of my associates in some of the writing groups, on AOL chats, and the like, refer them to P&E as not only a valuable service, but one that MUST be consulted early and often.

Ryan, you've worked with authors to design their books for over five years now, what's the number one mistake newbie authors make about design?

There are a lot of books and resources to help newbie authors through the process of writing and marketing your ebook, this resource is solely focused on the process After the Writing is complete and before the marketing begins.

They are professional, quick to respond, and calming when newbie authors panic.

I think a lot of naïve newbie authors can be led astray by the over-zealous self - and vanity - publishing industries who tell them that if they pay enough for editing and good design, they won't get one - star reviews.

A common question I see on Facebook or in writing groups from newbie authors is, «How much can I expect to earn publishing my book?»

Well, let me share a dirty little secret that publishers don't want newbie authors to know.

Would the dialogue be different if the newbie authors (like me) don't write for a living, but rather have one book, a memoir (in my case) to share with the world?

Newbie authors more than welcome!

So for the first time in the history of this blog, I don't know how to advise newbie authors.

It might help other newbie authors feel more at ease with what to expect...»

Authors who don't understand the marketing process are in danger of falling prey to the many scammers who swarm around newbie authors.

She has amazing skill at «settling» a newbie author.

These scammers offer to «help» the newbie author with expensive services that do nothing but line the pockets of the scammers.

As a newbie indie author (well, to be totally honest, newbie author period, having decided not to try the traditional route with this book, even though — or perhaps precisely because — I know there is a market for it), your blog post certainly resonates with me, Sandra.

While agents have a better nose for good books than the average newbie author, agents are still fallible.

Check them out for yourself and decide if they are a worthwhile platform to distribute wide with, and if you are a newbie author planning to exit KU in favor of trying something new then this is the perfect place to start!

As a newbie author just starting out building her audience, the site's still too valuable a tool for me to disregard just because I'm cranky at the people who manage it.

As a newbie author my head is exploding with all the information that is being bombarded my ways.

Newbie Author: If you are a newbie author, focus on building a foundation.

I'm going to give you the skinny on some of the bullcrap I've heard from these snake oil salesmen in the hopes that it may someday help a newbie author avoid falling under their spells.

They have an amazing bed - side manner to hold the hands of the crazy stressed out newbie author just trying to finish the long journey of writing and publishing their first book.

And the newbie author is supposed to do it all.

Having no contrast between the font and the background of the cover, and having too long of a title are probably the biggest mistakes a newbie author could make.

Granted they don't really talk too much about business or marketing and the authors are all traditionally published, but there is always something to be taken away from their craft discussions, whether you are a newbie author just starting out or you are someone who has been published and writing for years.

Which makes it seem like you're a newbie author playing out fantasy wish fulfillment and that the book is highly autobiographical.

It creates an awareness by highlighting concerns and abuses, things the newbie author is totally unaware of until it's too late.

Hence, to really sell the first 1000 copies of your book, if you are an unknown, self - published and a newbie author, you must forget the false illusion or myth to sell 1000 copies simply tweeting or typing the title of your book on the social media or on your personal blog.

So it's obvious this newbie author is totally clueless about the book development and publishing process.

But there are so many moving parts when it comes to self - publishing... it can be overwhelming for a newbie author to do anything more than hit «PUBLISH», cross their keyboard - cramped fingers and hope for the best.

This short book quickly gets to the point and helps the newbie author in getting a marketing presence created on Facebook and Amazon.

The self and indie author moves faster and in many cases, is willing to commit money — often more that what a traditional publisher would commit to in the support of a newbie author's book.

It seems that nobody wants to take on a newbie author.