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Why book proposals are important–even for self publishers

A book is both a business and a vehicle. A book’s business plan is called a book proposal. Wise authors take time to write book proposals. Why? Because planning always increase odds of business success. As a vehicle your book carries your ideas, vision, story, or message to readers. That was the whole, point, right? […]

The Best Investment You’ll Ever Make

People invest in all kinds of things. They invest in their retirement. They invest in their home. They even invest in their car. There is one investment, though, that is the best investment most people never make: investing in their career. It’s strange, if you think about it. Your career is the basis for all […]

ATS Anxiety: Avoiding the Black Hole When Job Hunting

Remember the good old days when you had one resume, wrote a custom cover letter, mailed it, and got back a response from a live person? It seems those days are nearly gone, replaced by a system that can seem like a black hole. The National Resume Writers Association recently offered a teleseminar for members […]

A brave new economy of turning passion to profit

I was just talking with Nathan about the face of the new economy, shifting from what it was before the market crash of 2008, a preponderance of white collar workers and service people, to a burgeoning population of creative individuals, working as self-employed independent contractors, creating their own opportunities, products, and ideas. This trend has […]

NRWA Convention Highlights

  CHICAGO — Education never stops for those who are experts in their fields. Professional writers Laurel Kashinn and Nathan Fischer of Write Stuff Resources in Glendale, Wisconsin each earned 10 continuing education credits (CEUs) attending workshops at the National Resume Writers Association national convention in Chicago, September 18-20. “We’ve brought back a wealth of […]

Traditional or Self-Publish? How about the third option?

Authors and aspiring authors I meet at our workshops frequently ask:  Which route should I go? Traditional, or self-publishing? I tell them that actually they have three choices, not two. There is Traditional Publishing, Self-Publishing, or use a service-provider (SP) to publish it for you (Lulu, Xlibris, CreateSpace, LightningSource, etc.) The latter third choice is […]

Save the Date: Last Saturday Author Success Meetup

Looking for support and advice on publishing? Mark you calendar for our Last Saturday Author Success meetup, held the last Saturday of every month from 10:30-Noon. Keeping track with writing, moral support, and learning about the publishing world are the goals of 8 authors and aspiring authors who met for our February meetup at the […]