A couple of weeks ago I received a newsletter from a BNA (Big Name Author), you know the kind who sells courses for $497 (or more!) who promise to tell you all the secrets to being a successful author(TM). And usually those secrets come with a good, solid kick of...
Our fractured social media environment with its algorithms and volatility makes authors, and other creative small business people, feel as if they have to be on all the platforms all the time. And yet, even longer than ten years ago, the idea of being everywhere...
I don’t talk a lot about productivity very often because I don’t feel that it’s an end-goal in and of itself. However, there is something that I’ve learned over the past year that has really helped with my productivity and the way I feel about...
I’m sure you’ve seen the ads. Between social media and some newsletters I subscribe to probably a dozen of them hit my inbox this week. Learn Indie Author Secrets The Secrets To Being A 6-Figure Author Your First $1000 Courses like that are literally a...
There’s a common thread that runs through the disappointment that comes with low sales or publisher and agent rejections. When you submit a proposal for a conference and it doesn’t get accepted or when you submit a resume for a job and you don’t get...
Imagine this… You’re sitting at your desk and an ad crosses your social media feed or maybe you see someone post about a class that really helped them. You go to look at the website and it’s a slick marketing page. And the class costs $497 but...
