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Writing for Children: Guidelines for Children’s Books

Self- or indie-publishing of children’s books is a costly venture. Children’s books are still consumed in print, rather than digitally–especially picture books. Be prepared to pay thousands USD for your full-color illustrations, cover art, design, and printing. To ensure a profitable selling price, source a printer in the Far East. Make sure your designer knows […]

Resume Organizer Checklist

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The Best Investment You’ll Ever Make

People invest in all kinds of things. They invest in their retirement. They invest in their home. They even invest in their car. There is one investment, though, that is the best investment most people never make: investing in their career. It’s strange, if you think about it. Your career is the basis for all […]

Traditional or Self-Publish? How about the third option?

Authors and aspiring authors I meet at our workshops frequently ask:  Which route should I go? Traditional, or self-publishing? I tell them that actually they have three choices, not two. There is Traditional Publishing, Self-Publishing, or use a service-provider (SP) to publish it for you (Lulu, Xlibris, CreateSpace, LightningSource, etc.) The latter third choice is […]

Why book proposals are important–even for self publishers

A book is both a business and a vehicle. A book’s business plan is called a book proposal. Wise authors take time to write book proposals. Why? Because planning always increase odds of business success. As a vehicle your book carries your ideas, vision, story, or message to readers. That was the whole, point, right? […]

A brave new economy of turning passion to profit

I was just talking with Nathan about the face of the new economy, shifting from what it was before the market crash of 2008, a preponderance of white collar workers and service people, to a burgeoning population of creative individuals, working as self-employed independent contractors, creating their own opportunities, products, and ideas. This trend has […]

Do you have goals and dreams? Get a plan!

  Are you wishing for success, or planning for it?  As collaborative writers, we help people achieve their dreams and goals with careful thinking, writing, planning and design. With more than 20 years of experience as self-employed small business owners, we’ve learned the importance of strategic business plans. We can guide you through the process […]