Selling Your Mystery
Discover top-selling mystery books and expert tips for selling your mystery novel. Find the best titles and strategies to maximize your book's market potential.
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Techniques of the Selling Writer
by Dwight V. Swain
Techniques of the Selling Writer provides solid instruction for people who want to write and sell fiction, not just to talk and study about it. It gives the background, insights, and specific procedures needed by all beginning writers. Here one can learn how to group words into copy that moves, movement into scenes, and scenes into stories; how to develop characters, how to revise and polish, and finally, how to sell the product. No one can teach talent, but the practical skills of the professional writer's craft can certainly be taught. The correct and imaginative use of these kills can shorten any beginner's apprenticeship by years. This is the book for writers who want to turn rejection slips into cashable checks.
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Writing As a Small Business
by Nash Black
In today's world, authors need to have business savvy. Yet so many find themselves long on creativity, but short on tax knowledge, business expertise, or marketing skills. Writing as a Small Business is the perfect guide to help writers navigate through the world of creative self-employment. In Writing as a Small Business, you'll learn: ?Çó Why it is to your advantage that the IRS considers you a small business * How to fill out tax forms* How to engage in recordkeeping that can make you audit-proof * How to handle advances on royalties, grants and gratuities* Why rejection letters are valuable* How to protect your work and your computer from bugs* How to prepare for the future and protect your familyAnd in a section specially for writers Nash Black takes you into the world of publishing, where you learn what it takes to merchandise and sell your work. Writing as a Small Businessthe creative peoples bible for those who work from their home. Nash Black has the skills and experience to start you on your way and guide you through the process of an IRS audit. Their work is the first book you should add to your reference shelf after a dictionary.Barbara Morgan, Morgan Real Estate, 47 years serving the housing needs of the Bluegrass, Lexington, KY.