by Sara Stibitz | Oct 13, 2020 | Publishing Advice, Writing Advice
The availability of self-publishing has changed the book world forever, and with the removal of the gatekeepers of the traditional publishing world, anyone can publish a book. Overall, this is wonderful – it means anyone can tell their story however they would like to...
by Sara Stibitz | Sep 28, 2020 | Featured, Publishing Advice, Writing Advice
If you talk to most book coaches in the self-publishing world, they’ll tell you that everyone has a book in them. Just a few days ago, I read another post from yet another blogger endorsing this idea. They believed that with the low cost of self-publishing, there’s no...
by Sara Stibitz | Sep 15, 2020 | Publishing Advice, Writing Advice
I’m a bit of a collector of bad ghostwriter stories – and that’s not a hard thing to do, given that there are so many. There’s the story of the six-figure ghostwriter who ghosted (pun! Sorry, I can’t help it) halfway through the project in favor of a bigger job,...
by Sara Stibitz | Jun 29, 2020 | Publishing Advice, Writing Advice
The other day, a friend of mine asked me about the importance of an email list. “Don’t tell our friends I’m asking you this,” she said, since many of our friends are marketers and entrepreneurs. “But I really don’t get it and feel like I should.” If you’re an...
by Sara Stibitz | Mar 12, 2020 | Publishing Advice, Writing Advice
If you’ve decided to go the traditional publishing route, your next step is to think about how to hire and work with a literary agent. Below, I’ve included some of the most frequently asked questions I get about working with an agent. And I’ve also...
by Sara Stibitz | Feb 18, 2020 | Featured, Publishing Advice, Writing Advice
When you’re starting out on the book-writing path, the options for publishing can be confusing – should you go the traditional route or self-publish? Which is best? The conundrum reminds me of the poem by Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken, which opens with: Two roads...