Setting goals

The Fiction Writer’s Guide to Publishing and Editing Goals

At what point is your novel a success? Is it a sales total or sell-through percentage? Is it a number of starred reviews? A four-figure advance? A five-figure advance? How much confidence must you have in your writing before you quit your day job? Have you even thought about setting goals for your book? If Read more about The Fiction Writer’s Guide to Publishing and Editing Goals[…]

Writing fiction

The parts of being an author that aren’t writing

Do you want to be someone who’s published, or do you want to be an author? Self-publishing makes it easy for nearly anyone to publish a book. Hundreds of people publish books every single day. (That’s probably a lowball figure—the publishing industry really is that active.) But if you want to be a novelist with Read more about The parts of being an author that aren’t writing[…]