by Brad Pauquette | Jan 18, 2023 | Publishing Tips
So you’ve had a short story accepted for publication! Congratulations. Paid or unpaid, it doesn’t matter, I bet you’re tickled pink! Someone else believes in your work and soon real readers are going to see your story in print. Hallelujah! I know what it’s like to be...
by Brad Pauquette | Jan 7, 2023 | Entrepreneurship, Platform Building
This is a hard truth. But you need to hear it. So does every other writer you know. I need to hear it. I am getting the results I deserve. I am not unlucky. It’s not that I haven’t “gotten my break.” Things are not harder for me than they are for someone else. If I’m...
by Brad Pauquette | Dec 21, 2022 | Entrepreneurship, Publishing Tips
“Never pay to publish your book.” This is the dumbest advice I’ve ever heard. It comes from a place of inexperience, underfunding, and fear. It’s the exact opposite of what successful business people say in virtually any industry. I don’t care what industry...
by Brad Pauquette | Dec 16, 2022 | Writing Tips
My friend and fellow author Eliza June Sapphire and I were recently having a chat about internal dialogue, or what another friend calls free and direct thoughts. We might also call them an internal aside. In theater, an aside is when a character says something not to...
by Brad Pauquette | Dec 4, 2022 | Platform Building
One of the most common mistakes I see new authors making is focusing on capitalizing on their work too early. Until you have an audience that can sustain a fulltime income that you can live on, your top goal is to connect with new readers. To win the game, so to...
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