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Choosing Your Categories

Tweet We spent the week discussing the role categories play in your books’ success–from the initial story design through cover design and promotion. I’d like to wrap that up with a brief discussion of where the categories fit in your publishing plans. As Joshua pointed out on Thursday, the official category list provided by BISAC […]

Why You Need an Editor

Tweet Two weeks ago I introduced myself and explained that I’m the editor for Consortium Books. In the world of self-publishing, editors are more important than ever to add credibility to your work. Why? Let me tell you. Unless you’re publishing your book to hold it in your hands, hug it, and then put in on a […]

A Peek Behind the Curtain, or, A Word from the Editor

Tweet Good morning, readers and writers! I’m Jessie Sanders. You may have heard of me. No? Well, that’s probably becuase I’m the editor. I’ve been editing my own work since I was a teenager. I come from a family of perfectionists and English majors, so I would often craft a few pages of a story […]

Writing for Visual Purposes

Tweet Hi. Name’s Rachel. Let’s start off with a confession: I googled “how to write your first blog post.” Why? Because, unlike the rest of the lovely people on this blog, I haven’t written in the traditional, professional sense. The most fitting description of my writing career is “dabbler.” The most I’ve written for a […]