One of the most common questions asked about self-publishing is: How much does it cost to self-publish? That’s a difficult question to answer in any simple or easy way. A cheeky response to a question involving an almost infinite number of unknown variables is asking, in return, the following: “How long is a piece of string?” Yes, the reality is
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Being a writer, it’s no surprise that Vera Brook is in love with words and stories. But she has always been drawn to photography and other visual arts as well. So she was thrilled to combine both interests and try her hand (and her eye) at designing first the cover, and then several social-media promos, for her debut novel, SAND
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by Craig Martelle Ready to take your writing career to the next level? 20Books Vegas — an independently published author convention by and for indies — will be a premier learning and networking event. Do you publish wide? Are you exclusive to Amazon? Do you write one book a year? Or do you write one book every three weeks? We
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by Chris Mandeville Arts and crafts, anyone? Get out your old magazines, some scissors and glue, and a poster board because—believe it or not—creating a collage can serve as a powerful writing tool. Just ask award-winning bestseller Barbara Samuel (who also writes as Barbara O’Neal): “Collaging gives me a way to brainstorm without words, to find the mood and
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By Joan Selby Although Generation Y has often been criticized, there’s no denying the fact that its members are efficiently well-connected via image-based social media sites and apps. If you want to gain a better insight into the minds of the Millennials, there’s no better way to do it than observe and interact with them on social networks. According to
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