What self-publishing is–and what it isn't…revisited

Sue Collier | December 22, 2009

I received an email over the weekend, requesting that SPR get in touch with GLAWS (Greater Los Angeles Writers Society–http://www.glaws.org/). Apparently, the group had a meeting on self-publishing a while back, and they had people from iUniverse, AuthorHouse, and Xlibris there.
Here’s a little bit of what the email said: “I almost fell down. I [...]

What is a book shepherd? And do you need one for self-publishing?

Sue Collier | December 14, 2009

If you’re an author with a book ready for publication and you’ve looked into self-publishing, and it’s probably become pretty clear there is a lot more involved than just sending your manuscript to a printer and kicking back to wait for the money to start rolling in. In fact, the process is downright complicated—and somewhat [...]

Mini-tutorial on writing: part three

Sue Collier | December 1, 2009

As an editor and writing coach, I run across the same grammatical issues over and over again. With the help of a colleague (thanks, Jack!), I’ve assembled this “writing tutorial,” which addresses some of these. This information, presented in alphabetical order, should assist you in writing professional, clear, succinct, and grammatically correct books, articles, and [...]