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An image of an open book with gold and silver coins stacked on top of it. Text over the image reads "Money Making Opportunities for Your Published Book: Your book cannot work for you if you don't have a strategy and a plan for it to do so." It is attached to an article on money making opportunities for authors.

Money Making Opportunities from Your Published Book

Books are treasures, to be sure, but earning a living as a writer, or building a business using your authorship as a marketing tool, is why you wrote the book in the first place. I am quite sure you didn’t plan to write it or put it up for sale (on Amazon and your website and Barnes & Noble online, and so many other places) just for your own pleasure.

By Yvonne DiVita March 21, 2023 Books, Marketing your book

Don’t Write a Good Book – Write a GREAT Book – Here’s How

Everyone wants to write a good book. I want you to write a GREAT BOOK! Your first job is to decide Yes! I’m going to […]

By Yvonne DiVita March 14, 2023 Books, Writing

Wanna Bet? – Why Authors Need a Scout Mindset

This edition of Marginalia focuses on The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t, by Julia Galef. As the subtitle suggests, it’s […]

By Tom Collins March 7, 2023 Books, Learning, Marginalia, Writing

Should You Write That Nonfiction Book? Are You Ready?

It takes courage to be vulnerable and authentic to the whole world. That’s pretty much what writing a book is about. That vulnerability. That courage. […]

By Yvonne DiVita February 21, 2023 Books, Writing

A photo of a Black mother and child reading a book together. A quote about Black History Month books from the post, positioned next to the photo reads, "This is a month of celebration but also a month to contemplate the history of Black people in America. A history that is both beautiful and terrifying. Full of joy and laughter, and tears and sorrow. It seems best that we begin to learn more about it by reading."

BLACK HISTORY MONTH BOOKS: A Reading List for Your Bedside Stand … or anywhere else

Ailey is reared in the north in the City but spends summers in the small Georgia town of Chicasetta, where her mother’s family has lived since their ancestors arrived from Africa in bondage. From an early age, Ailey fights a battle for belonging that’s made all the more difficult by a hovering trauma, as well as the whispers of women—her mother, Belle, her sister, Lydia, and a maternal line reaching back two centuries—that urge Ailey to succeed in their stead.

By Yvonne DiVita February 8, 2023 Black History Month, Books

Writing a book only FEELS like herding cats

Take your book writing project from herding cats to the Hero’s Journey!

By Tom Collins February 7, 2023 Books, Marginalia, Writing

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Are You and Your Book Ready for Prime Time?

Two: Your book must be complete. No wishy-washy maybe endings. Even in fiction, you must bring your story to a close. You may have more to say. You may already be starting another book or planning a series, but this book, the book you’re announcing, must be complete. If you don’t know whether or not it’s complete, ask your beta readers.

By Yvonne DiVita January 25, 2023 Books, Indie Publishing, Marketing your book