The Dynamics Behind Self-Publishing

For authors, being able to write without restrictions or having editors change the tone of their books is extremely important. However, those without experience with self-publishing usually focus a lot on the cost. With traditional publishing, the publisher would shoulder the costs, but with self-publishing, the author would have to shoulder the expenses.  As a…

Avoidable Self-Publishing Mistakes

Hey first-time authors! If you never have self-published, there may be some things you are unaware of that may cause you to make a few errors. Many people say that you will make mistakes with your first book, which may be true. However, when you are being critiqued by avid readers, they may leave comments…

5 Tips On How To Cope With Online Criticism

Can You Handle the Truth? In an earlier blog post, I shared with you that even the best writers will receive bad reviews at least once during their careers. But is it truly a bad thing if someone is simply telling the truth? I will admit that sometimes, readers (or people who have not actually…

Good Authors Will Get Bad Reviews

Frustrating. Annoying. Unfair. These are all words that come to mind when I think about authors who have written amazing books but receive one star reviews from people (because I can’t call them readers) who openly admit they didn’t even read the book. Are you kidding me??? It’s completely insane. As a result, the overall…