Flashback to me, four years ago: a freshly-completed novel saved in my computer, an organized spreadsheet of agents to query, a vision of multiple offers, of my name on a book cover, of tours and sequels and foreign rights, and yes, even a movie deal. Skip to the...
It’s a good idea for any type of book marketing outreach to have a plan. Even better idea when you’re just a single author, and not a major corporation – time and budget are both so much more precious…and the results so much more personal. The start of a new year is a...
You write blog posts because you want links to your site to spread across the internet, right? If people share your posts on social media, that means more traffic to your site, more conversions and more profit. (Ideally!) But how do you get people to share your...
If you’re a regular reader of The Write Life, you’ve probably noticed we look different. We kicked off 2017 with a new site design! After three-and-a-half years of watching this community grow under our original site design, we decided it was time for an upgrade. Our...
While a sunlight-filled office with exotic artwork from global travels, bright flowers, and a stunning ocean view sounds like writer’s heaven, not every creative has that kind of writing space. But you can transform whatever space you do have into an oasis by making a...
You might not have heard of Ellen Yin (yet), but trust me: She’s a force of nature. The woman successfully created a work-from-home dream internship that didn’t exist, then did it so well it became her full-time position. She also paid off almost $20,000 of student...
We’re beginning a new year — which, in my case, means it’s time to tally up everything I earned in 2016. It also means it’s time to think about what I want to do with this column in 2017, and get ready to ask some new questions. First, the numbers for December:...
Obviously, if you have a freelance writing business, you like to write. Like me, you may have even gotten started so you’d be able to write more. So how’d it feel when you realized how much time you had to spend doing anything but that? Finding clients. Pitching...
Now that holiday festivities are over and withered, tinsel-clad Christmas trees line the gutters, it’s time to think of warmer things. While it’s cold and blustery outside, why not skip town for a destination writers retreat? Winter is the perfect time to head to a...
Today, we’re taking a look at the numbers again. I finally got my Q3 sales report; that’s for the months of July, August and September. To be honest, my book sales numbers are pretty terrible this quarter. I’m really embarrassed by them, to the point where I...
