One thing that surprises most authors is how much marketing and self promotion they must engage in to promote their work.
Kate Eltham is the Chief Executive Officer of Queensland Writers Centre. She writes on her blog “Electric Alphabet”:
One of the things I’m often telling emerging writers is to moderate their expectations of how many [...]
Authors and writers are creative people by nature and it’s been my experience that the more “creative” someone is, the “thinner ” their skin tends to be.
Which is why the fear of rejection is probably the biggest obstacle to many author’s success.
Venessa Giunta writes about how the fear of rejection can keep writers from [...]
I’m going to begin this post with a bit of information you may find startling.
The web does not operate fairly.
(Mock gasp) It’s true. The author who works the hardest doesn’t necessarily get the bulk of his or her publisher’s promotional dollars. The best book doesn’t necessarily get a better website with more [...]