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under 9 minutes of advice from Paul Levinson about writing, publishing, and promoting

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Episodes

EPISODE 9 - Blurbs

How to get the most out of the blurbs you write -- and how to ask other authors for blurbs.

Dec 17, 2020

EPISODE 8 - How Important Are Personal Connections?

How important are personal connections -- your potential editors knowing who you are -- in getting published? Answer: Very important. This episode gives you some pointers on how to meet them.

Dec 11, 2020

EPISODE 7 - What Is A Novelette?

What is a novelette? And why would you write one, instead of a novel or a short story?

Dec 03, 2020

EPISODE 6 - Lawyer or Agent?

A publisher wants to give you a contract for your book. Do you hire a lawyer or an agent to improve the terms, and make sure everything in the contract is in your best interests as an author?

Nov 26, 2020

EPISODE 5 - Collaboration

The pros and cons of collaborating with another another author, aka a co-writer.

Nov 20, 2020

EPISODE 4 - Trunk Stories

Take those old stories out of those figurative trunks -- who knows, there might be a new editor around who might love one today!

Nov 13, 2020

EPISODE 3 - How to Read Your Royalty Statement

What to look for in the royalty statements you may receive from your traditional publisher.

Oct 30, 2020

EPISODE 2 - Kindle Create

The benefits of using Kindle Create to prepare your Kindle ebooks and paperbacks. Also, an explanation of what happened to the first 74 episodes of this podcast.

Oct 26, 2020

EPISODE 1 - Selling Your Kindle Books as Printed Editions

Why it makes sense - and cents (and dollars) - to make your Kindle books available as print-on-demand paperbacks by Createpace or the new Kindle-into-print option.

Nov 17, 20160

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