by Joshua Unruh | Jul 7, 2015 | Author How-To & Mindset
Cliché or not, we all know the two inevitable things in this world: death and taxes. Funny enough, both of them take you by inches, nibbles, and bits at a time. Well, beating death is somebody else’s job. I’m here to give you some very general financial planning...
by Joshua Unruh | Jun 30, 2015 | Author How-To & Mindset
Editing is the final step that transforms a manuscript into a novel. Or it’s the first step in turning a novel into a published work. Better yet, it’s both. That should tell you how important editing is. But how much should it cost you? Would it shock you to realize...
by Joshua Unruh | Jun 23, 2015 | Author How-To & Mindset
Brand new self-published authors are going into business for themselves, and that business is selling books. Mediocre covers cost you money in sales, that’s a fact. While it’s hard to overestimate the importance of a cover, it’s also hard to overestimate the value of...
by Joshua Unruh | Jun 16, 2015 | Author How-To & Mindset
Anytime I see a post titled “the costs of self-publishing,” I immediately get suspicious. So often, these posts are punditry making spurious claims and connecting disparate dots of information to “prove” that self-publishing is still somehow a terrible money-making...
by Joshua Unruh | Jun 9, 2015 | Author How-To & Mindset
The back-cover-copy. The dust-jacket-flap. Promotional copy. Whatever you call it, when your potential reader bites the bait of the title and swallows the hook of the cover design, the product description is what reels them in. It’s everything fascinating and...