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I started my 'Petrellan Saga' in 1990 but didn't start publishing the series until 2015. It's up to six books now, and I'm writing the seventh.
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I started my 'Petrellan Saga' in 1990 but didn't start publishing the series until 2015. It's up to six books now, and I'm writing the seventh.
You've come to the right place. I am an editor who specializes in teaching beginning writers how to write books, including helping them format and upload to Amazon and publicize them. I am not a publishing service. Except for the editing, you learn to do it all yourself. Contact me at...
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You've come to the right place. I am an editor who specializes in teaching beginning writers how to write books, including helping them format and upload to Amazon and publicize them. I am not a publishing service. Except for the editing, you learn to do it all yourself. Contact me at gordonlong@airbornpress.ca and send me a sample of your writing, and I'll give you a free edit to see how I can help you.
I have a contract that I cobbled together by looking at various documents I Googled on the Internet. I took the various clauses to cover what I felt I needed and simplified them to make them easy to understand.
Remember, when you're making up a contract, especially with someone in a different...
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I have a contract that I cobbled together by looking at various documents I Googled on the Internet. I took the various clauses to cover what I felt I needed and simplified them to make them easy to understand.
Remember, when you're making up a contract, especially with someone in a different country, that it probably has zero legal clout. The reason you write up a contract is so that both parties are agreed on who is going to do what and how they are going to go about it.
I have only ever had to quote my contract to an author once. He came from Britain and he paid me in Canadian dollars when the contract specifically said $US. When I mentioned it, he paid up immediately. I will modify future contracts so that every single place it mentions an amount, it always says $US.
Physical needs and wants are easier to divide: we only need air, food, water, clothing, housing. Psychological needs are harder to pin down. The fact that we can last for a long time without art doesn't mean it isn't important to us. Given time, every society there ever was invented art of some...
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Physical needs and wants are easier to divide: we only need air, food, water, clothing, housing. Psychological needs are harder to pin down. The fact that we can last for a long time without art doesn't mean it isn't important to us. Given time, every society there ever was invented art of some sort, which pretty much answers the question.
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I retired from teaching, a job I loved, and made a decision that any work I do from now on will be chosen because I love it, and I will only choose to work with people and organizations that I like. Sometimes I get paid, sometimes I volunteer. The pay is secondary. I know most people can't afford...
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I retired from teaching, a job I loved, and made a decision that any work I do from now on will be chosen because I love it, and I will only choose to work with people and organizations that I like. Sometimes I get paid, sometimes I volunteer. The pay is secondary. I know most people can't afford that luxury, but I suppose I paid my dues in the trenches for thirty years :-)
"Messy" is very subjective. I consider having everything I need close at hand to be efficient, but it certainly doesn't make for a tidy work station.
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"Messy" is very subjective. I consider having everything I need close at hand to be efficient, but it certainly doesn't make for a tidy work station.
fiverr.com - don't miss the 2 rrs :-)
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fiverr.com - don't miss the 2 rrs :-)
Contact me. I work a lot with beginning authors. gordonlong@airbornpress.ca
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Contact me. I work a lot with beginning authors. gordonlong@airbornpress.ca
Do 99 cent or free promotions. Google "reviewers" and find people (like me) who review books, and query them. Indies Unlimited (a free service for authors) has advice on how to query a reviewer. But Get Reviews. It's essential.
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Do 99 cent or free promotions. Google "reviewers" and find people (like me) who review books, and query them. Indies Unlimited (a free service for authors) has advice on how to query a reviewer. But Get Reviews. It's essential.
Chances are any "old school" publisher "looking for a new author" that finds you is going to charge you a lot of money up front for poor service. They're usually called "vanity press." I have two editing clients who are trying to get out of their contracts right now and finding it difficult....
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Chances are any "old school" publisher "looking for a new author" that finds you is going to charge you a lot of money up front for poor service. They're usually called "vanity press." I have two editing clients who are trying to get out of their contracts right now and finding it difficult. Check out the Indies Unlimited website for more information. If you want to be a writer these days, you self-publish. Once you've got a promotional track record and a hefty backlist, then you might be "picked up."
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