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Articles on Writing, Editing, and Publishing for Small Publishers, Artists, and Writers

Self Publishing Versus Being Self Published

AHAA! ATTAGIRL! WHOOPEE! AND WOW!

Ask the Book Doctor: About Selling Your Work and About Poetry Contests

Ask the Book Doctor: About Viewpoints, Word Choices, and Creating Anthologies

Author as Indexer

Ask the Book Doctor: Some Decisions Are up to the Author

Ask the Book Doctor: About Tips on Writing for Magazines

Ask the Book Doctor: About Self Publishing, Screenplay Agents, and Ghostwriting

Ask the Book Doctor: About Book Contracts and Slipstream

Piggyback Book Promotion

Ask the Book Doctor: About Finding Agents and Getting Published

Ask the Book Doctor: About Avoiding Fraud and Finding Your Voice

Ask the Book Doctor: About Freelance Issues

Ask the Book Doctor: About Writing for a Living in Dumbed-Down America

What Can You Expect From Your Editor?

Ask the Book Doctor XXVIII

Ask the Book Doctor XXVII

Ask the Book Doctor XXVI

Ask the Book Doctor XXV

Ask the Book Doctor XXIV

Ask the Book Doctor XXIII

ISBN Changes

Ask the Book Doctor XXII

Ask the Book Doctor XXI

Ask the Book Doctor XX

What Can a Good Editor Do For You?

Ask the Book Doctor XVIX

What Makes a Good Book Cover Design?

Ask the Book Doctor XVIII

Ask the Book Doctor XVII

Ask the Book Doctor XVI

Why Do We Write?

Ask the Book Doctor XV

7 Habits of Highly Successful Writers and Authors

Ask the Book Doctor XIV

Ask the Book Doctor XIII

When the Book Promotion Well Runs Dry

Ask the Book Doctor XII

Ask the Book Doctor XI

So You Don’t Believe in Luck?

Ask the Book Doctor X

10 Publishing Mistakes And How to Avoid Them

Ask the Book Doctor IX

Elegant Writing

Ask the Book Doctor VIII

Juniper Creek: Small World, Big Words

Ask the Book Doctor VII

Speaking of Writing Conferences

Ask the Book Doctor VI

The Three Things I Learned at BEA

Four Benefits of Joining a Publishers Association

Ask the Book Doctor V

Ask the Book Doctor IV

Ask the Book Doctor III

Ask the Book Doctor II

Chutzpah Gets a Writer Published

A Writer's Resolutions

The Importance of Mentors

Ask the Book Doctor

How to Evaluate Writing Contests: Six Starter Questions

Seven Mistakes Self-Publishers Make – and How to Avoid Them

Interview with Mary Embree, Editor

Networking Tips for Authors

How to Write for the Regionals

Writing the Feature article

Publishing Your Own Book - A Timeline

How to Work a Book Festival So that it Works for You

How to Write a Promotional Article

The Anatomy of an Article

A Writer's Garden

Ethics and Legal Concerns - Both Matter

Extension of Copyright Protection

Where Oh where Are All the Good Article Ideas?

How to Find Work that Satisfies your Passion

Are You Planning to Self-Publish? It's not that hard to do.

The Business of Writing

HE/SHE ~ HIM/HER ~ HIS/HERS

Recession Proof Your Writing Business

Word Usage

Self-Editing for Success

Editing Tips

Editing Tips and Infelicities

Editing Tips: More Misused Words

How Should You Publish Your Work?

How to Start a Book

Article Ideas

Crushing Writer's Block

How to Establish Yourself as a Writer

Writing the Newspaper Feature Article

Presenting your Work