by Karen Smith | May 22, 2024 | Blog
First, let’s settle one question: If you self-publish, then yes, you are published. There’s a lot of confusion with regard to publishing. The information to clear that confusion is readily available, but for whatever reason, a lot of people don’t...
by Karen Smith | May 7, 2024 | Blog
It’s a truism that you must spend money to make money, although a lot of people substitute skill and effort for money. It’s been my experience that if you need skill, effort, and money to successfully market any product, and a reduction of any of those is...
by Karen Smith | Apr 2, 2024 | Blog
Yes, Virginia, there is a process to publishing. Whether you pursue traditional publishing or self-publish the process begins with the same first two steps: Write the story. That’s self-explanatory. If you don’t write the story, there’s nothing to...
by Karen Smith | Mar 5, 2024 | Blog
The challenge of finding an editor for your manuscript comes up in every writing and authors group I have ever seen. In reality, it’s both simple and difficult. First, the author has to find editors. They may be suprised to discover that we’re lurking...
by Karen Smith | Feb 6, 2024 | Blog
I enjoy cozy mysteries, especially if they have cats as main characters. The Crazy, VA (Lil & Boris) series by Shannon Hill is a great example. Over the past week, I started reading two new mystery series. The first takes place in the Roaring Twenties. I enjoyed...
