Wednesday’s promoting tip for authors Often, the best ways authors can build lasting and memorable personal brands is to avoid taking an unnecessarily serious approach, as Mignon Fogarty, the Grammar Girl, has proven. At a time when many authors cultivate a serious image and relish their “guru” role, the Grammar Girl projects a lighthearted image [...]

Roger C. Parker Published & Profitable interview with Patrick Snow, author of the bestselling Creating Your Own Destiny: How to Get Exactly What You Want out of Life and Work

Monday’s book planning tip for authors Authors interested in writing a successful personal growth book should carefully study Patrick Snow’s Creating Your Own Destiny: How to Get Exactly What You Want out of Life and Work. Whether considered from the point of planning, writing, promoting, or profiting, Creating Your Own Destiny represents author best practices [...]

Thursday’s profit tip for authors Larry Fine is an excellent example of an author who has converted their expertise into an authoritative book that has generated decades of profits. He has been profiting from The Piano Book: Buying & Owning a New or Used Piano since he wrote it in 1987. It’s now in its [...]