by Troy Lambert | May 15, 2017 | Advice for Authors, Authorpreneur, Writing as a Business Series
It scares some people that in many parts of the writing industry, artists and writers work without contracts: essentially with no safety net: you have paid someone to perform a service (or they have paid you) with no legal contract in place. However, this is not...
by Troy Lambert | May 8, 2017 | Advice for Authors, Authorpreneur, Business Advice, Writing as a Business Series
Here is the point where you are at the end of your free resources. It’s time to bring in the professionals. You’re going to need to hire several, and we will cover over the next few posts how to do find and choose them, how to hire and pay them, and how to avoid...
by Troy Lambert | Apr 30, 2017 | Advice for Authors, Authorpreneur, Business Advice, Writing as a Business Series
Business for writers is a complicated topic, and so far we have covered several things, mostly related to writing, with brief notes on writer’s block (not allowed) and self-editing (does not work), but there is a step we must cover before we move on to the next step,...
by Troy Lambert | Apr 3, 2017 | Advice for Authors, Writing as a Business Series
So far in this series, you have been introduced to the principles behind writing as a business and we have talked a bit about the first part of the production process: writing some words and how to write more. What about those times when the creativity just doesn’t...
by Troy Lambert | Mar 27, 2017 | Advice for Authors, Opinion, Writing as a Business Series
We ended the last post on a cliffhanger, something you should always do to yourself. I mean, it is great advice to write some words. If you are going to have a writing based product to sell, you need to have something written. However, the first step in production is...
by Troy Lambert | Mar 22, 2017 | Advice for Authors, Business Advice, Writing as a Business Series
This is the first of a post in a series about writing as a business. If you are not sure why I am sharing this with you, you can go back and read the introduction. So far we have covered that, like any other business, this one has three parts: production,...