Writing and Publishing News

Do you ever feel as though you’ve been up and down every promotional street, avenue and pathway in every world city and you’ve come to that dreaded dead end? You wonder “Where do I go from here?” You feel as though you’ve tapped into every possible promotional opportunity available for your particular book and now [...]

We’re entering the fourth week of January 2006. The holidays are over. Are you back to work on your writing project? Is your freelance writing business picking up? Or are you having trouble getting started?
Here are some suggestions designed to help you get back in the groove or get your groove back.
1: Schedule time [...]

Most authors put a lot of time, energy and money into book promotion during the first year after publication. And then what happens? Some of us get involved in writing and promoting other books. We get back to our paying jobs. We take a little well-deserved time off. We sit back and hope to enjoy [...]

Where do you write? Do you have an office where you always go to do your writing? Or do you like to take pen and pad to a lovely spot somewhere for inspiration? Maybe you write using your laptop during your lunch hour, while watching your kids’ soccer practice or when you should be relaxing [...]

You subscribe to writers’ newsletters and magazines. You join publishers’ organizations. You even enroll in online and face-to-face classes. But do you follow through? Do you read those newsletters, network with others in the organizations and participate in the class assignments? Many of you—if you are honest with yourself—must truthfully respond with a sheepish, “no.”
As [...]

I just wanted to let you know that I’ll be teaching a 3-week workshop in Ventura, CA in February and March based on my new book, The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book.
Sign up at the Focus on the Masters Web site at http://www.focusonthemasters.com/classes/classes.html
Location: 1141 E. Main Street [...]

As a freelance writer or author, you probably set goals, meet them and set new ones several times throughout the year. Or maybe you casually consider setting goals and then never realize fulfillment. Well, here is your opportunity to get it right. The turning of the twelve-month calendar signals the traditional time for goal-setting or [...]