If you're
serious about being an author, you have to accept the fact that you own a business and you have to make decisions based upon business concerns, not ego driven ones.
It's a little pricey for most beginning authors to justify buying at first, but it's the ideal gift for someone who's
serious about being an author.
If you are
serious about being an Author Entrepreneur, then you want to be treating this like a profession from the very start.
There is no proportionate slackening of effort permitted if you're
serious about being an author in these times.
If you're
serious about being an author and making millions from selling books (or enough for a comfortable living), a good litmus test would be whether you finish reading this book today, this week, or never.
Not exact matches
As anyone familiar with my own work will expect, I have many
serious reservations
about this book, the most inclusive
being that I do not think the
author helps either the nonbeliever or the believer to understand the problem of faith and New Testament criticism.
Finally, and to
be serious, if this
is the best this
author can think of for a subject to write
about he must have too much time on his hands.
Lead
author, Dr. Helena Johansson of the Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, University of Sheffield Medical School, UK, stated, «We need to
be concerned
about hip fractures as they
are the most
serious and disabling osteoporosis - related fractures.
Steve: And we also have the cover piece, speaking of fun articles that
are based on
serious things, [which]
is about our closest relatives to the human
beings to, well, they
are human
beings too, well to Homo sapiens — the Neandertals and the
author Kate Wong, who
is a staff editor here at Scientific American and a real expert on this stuff
is with us.
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Lead
author of the study John Cacioppo, a psychologist and director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago, explains the findings by saying dating sites may «attract people who
are serious about getting married.»
In the end the
author says that internet dating
is a «no - brainer» for single people
serious about finding a match.
First, they
are using
about 10 % of their
serious game
authoring tool options.
Nevertheless, when this
is clear in your head and you know where you want to go, then it becomes relevant to think
about technology, and how to implement these pedagogical goals into action, thanks to a
serious game
authoring tool.
Author and consultant Tom Schimmer concurs, «Collaborative Common Assessments
is set to become the definitive guide for educators who
are serious about utilizing common assessments to support learning rather than simply monitoring it.
via Jane Friedman — Nowadays,
authors who
are serious about their writing career use social media.
Crowdfunding
is possibly one of the evolutions in publishing that
is most exciting to independent
authors who
are serious about their work.
As poorly - done works by indie
authors stagnate in the marketplace, the indies who
are serious about their craft will continue to polish their work and grow their brand.
Besides, as we already stated before, the
Authors Guild, which Michael Koz here admitted and stated
are the only one
serious about what
is writing and what
is an
author accepts Indie writers subscriptions and membership.
So, if you
're serious about your career as an
author, it makes sense to invest your time into a Facebook
author page.
But aside from this missing link, I'd recommend APE for all
authors who
are serious about their writing and want to
be sure it has the biggest possible market.
If you
're serious about being a successful
author yourself, then you need to ask questions that have actionable answers.
«The best book I know of for
authors who
are serious about making their writing into more than a hobby.
As an
author, editor and investigative journalist, Mick Rooney
is serious about bringing you the latest from the independent publishing world.
I feel envious of new
authors today; I wish I would have found a post like this
about a year ago when I
was getting
serious about my site!
The first option
is a given for all
authors who
are serious about self - publishing, and it costs little or nothing to achieve.
CREATING YOUR
AUTHOR MARKETING PLAN: Setting Goals If you
are truly
serious about your writing career, then you need to look at it as a business.
Finally, any indie
authors still choosing to operate under a half - arsed mentality of, «eh, I'll just publish it through Amazon», will inevitably get pushed to the bottom of the pile as those who
are serious about making things work will continue to hike to the top — egged on by readers, peers and other like - minded artists within this incredibly supportive community.
Of course, even if the
author is deadly
serious about the value of his work and his time, it does purportedly go to a good cause.
If you
are serious about promoting your book, an
author blog
is almost a no - brainer.
I recommend this to every
author who
is serious about building a writing career.
So it
's no wonder that successful indie
authors are serious about the process.
Creating an
author website lets everyone know you
're serious about your craft.
However, if you
are serious about a career as a Kindle
author then you must put all or most of his strategies to work.
But it
is true that most self - published
authors, who
are serious about writing as a career, pay for professional editing.
The freedom and speed that independent publishing offers can
be a genuine benefit to
serious authors who care enough
about their work to invest real time, money and effort into promoting it.
The Book Standard has published an article
about another new trend: journalists who write books and then have book promotion opportunities handed to them on a silver platter via «
serious» news venues that may well ignore other
authors who
are not as well connected.
If you
are serious about growing your
author platform as a writer, then you should always look for organic growth opportunities on Facebook, but those seem to
be getting smaller and smaller; paid Facebook campaigns will need to
be part of your
author book marketing strategy if you want to use this space to increase your visibility.
I know this for a fact because I
am part of the REASON for this
being an unwritten requirement, because, and you can quote me on this: AN
AUTHOR WITHOUT A WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA
IS NOT
SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR SUCCESS.
However, it can
be a valuable indicator of how
serious an
author is about the process of getting their work in the best shape possible to publish.
I want to know that an
author is as
serious about writing as I
am about narrating.
But to reduce a complex picture down to a few simplicities, we found that while 70 - 80 % of traditionally published
authors were generally very happy with the editorial process and all that goes with it, a large proportion — half or more — had
serious reservations
about the communications and marketing side of things.
The cover needs to say, «I, the
author,
am serious about this book; this
is a quality product and it
's worth your time.
On that note, I will say that any self respecting indie
author should
be using professional editing services and spend some time learning how to market online if they
're serious about making money.
If you want to
be taken seriously as an
author, then you need to act like you
're serious about it.»
Publishers have expressed
serious and very real concerns
about ensuring their
authors are fairly compensated for content read under subscription, and readers
were less than excited
about paying a monthly subscription fee to read content one time.
Wattpad
is getting
serious about being a publisher too, they take their most successful
authors who write on their platform and turn them into e-books that
are sold on Amazon.
This
is a realistic, market - driven, no - B.S. alternative to self - publishing that rewards
authors who
are serious about cultivating a meaningful audience.
If you
are serious about making money as an
author or making a living solely as an
author, this book will help you get organized and moving toward a career in books.
If this
is important to you, and you
're serious about your success as an
author, you will make it a priority like your health, or your best friend, or time with your kids.