Self-Publishing an Audiobook

Self-Publishing an Audiobook

Audio books are the fastest growing sector of the book publishing business, which makes total sense when you consider the increasing numbers of baby boomers who are now nearsighted and the fact that they’re far from the only age group that likes to listen to books....
Cooking Up Her First Novel

Cooking Up Her First Novel

Pamela Moulton had finished her first novel and had it professionally line edited. So far, so good. Too many aspiring authors don’t even get to that stage. She knew she needed to self-publish. She just had no idea how to do that. Her editor referred her to me....
Online Book Advertising

Online Book Advertising

Whoever said that writing is easy has clearly never written a book. Ditto when it comes to publishing. As much as we’d all love to believe that if you write it, they will come, things don’t seem to work that way. You actually have to court your readers by...
Beta Readers: When, What & How?

Beta Readers: When, What & How?

You’ve finished your book. Again. This time, you really need some people who aren’t your friends or your family to read your manuscript and provide you with some objective feedback and perspective. While you can always hire someone like me to critique your manuscript,...
Using AI When Writing

Using AI When Writing

I will confess right here and now that I haven’t been an AI enthusiast. I’m just not crazy about a computer replacing a writer’s inspiration and craft. My concern about using AI when writing is not unmerited. Over the last couple of years, a glut of AI-generated scam...
Publishing Your Book

Publishing Your Book

A few months ago, I received an email from a writer who had been referred to me by an editor I routinely work with. The writer had finished her novel. She’d had it both line edited and copyedited. Despite this pro move that way too many people want to skip, she had no...