by Tom Corson-Knowles |
Writing is a lonely endeavor. You only have your thoughts and imagination to keep you company as you type away on your laptop for hours. Now that sounds isolating. If you find yourself yearning for the company of like-minded people, then maybe joining a writers’...
by Kate Sullivan |
One of my business cards lists my title as “Word Sensei.” It has a tied black belt in the front—a nod to my first career as a martial arts instructor. On the back, it lists the various services I primarily offered at the time I had that batch printed: Ghost Writing...
by Kate Sullivan |
Here’s a paradox about writing for a living (no matter what kind of writing you want to do): It’s easy to make a living once you get your foot in the door, but it’s hard to get your foot in that door. Getting started as a professional writer is a goal that many of us...
by Kate Sullivan
The first rule for being a successful author is to write. The second rule for being a successful author is to write more. The third rule for being a successful author is to always be networking. You never know where your next fan will come from. It might be someone...
by Kate Sullivan
It doesn’t matter if you’ve written the most amazing book in the world if no one can find it. By now, we all know that—discoverability is king. People can’t buy your book if they don’t know it’s out there, ready and waiting to solve their problem, and so you have to...
by Kate Sullivan
Cover letters are the bane of any job-seeker’s existence. Most of us dread writing them. How do you sum up all your qualifications and experience into a page or less, let alone make the first two sentences so engaging, so captivating, that the exhausted hiring manager...
