Helping Writers Go from Unpublished to Published
In a recent survey of my blog subscribers, I asked how interested they were in learning about the business side of being an author. “Not at all, somewhat, or very.” Sixty-five percent said VERY.
So today is my first post focused entirely on being a business owner.
When you read the title of today’s post, how did you answer the question? [Read more…] about If You’re an Author, Are You a Business Owner?
It’s the third Friday of the month, time for our Friday Feature author interview.
This month’s debut author landed a publisher via a contest. Today I visit with Marie Wells Coutu, author of For Such a Moment, released earlier this year from Write Integrity Press.
Welcome, Marie. Thank you for joining us today. How exciting to win a contest that includes publication of your book. How long did it take to write your book?
Marie: I worked on this book for five or six years, off and on. Once I felt it was as polished as I could make it, and I still had not had any interest from publishers, I put it aside and began to work on a historical novel. But after I heard about the Books of Hope Contest, sponsored by Write Integrity Publishers, I dusted off the manuscript and polished it some more before submitting to the contest.
Debra: Obviously your hard work paid off. You won the contest and now book one of your Mended Vessels series, For Such a Moment, has been published. Congratulations.
Initially, at what point in writing your book did you begin to look for publishers?
Marie: Too soon, probably! [Read more…] about Friday Feature: Interview with Author Marie Wells Coutu