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By on August 2, 2014 in 3. Publish your Story, 4. Writer’s Life, Inspiration and Life Coaching, Editing Basics, Interviews

Hey Awesome Writers!

I’m on the road this week – so I asked my friend Phyllis Wheeler, who runs a publishing start-up if she’d step in with a blog to sort through how to choose between traditional publishing and self-publishing. Hope it’s helpful!

PS – Ever want to sit down and talk through your writing journey with a writing coach? JUST launched a new book that does just that! Follow the journey of an aspiring writer (and learn along with her!) in Conversations with a Writing Coach. $4.99 Available only on KINDLE!

Take it away, Phyllis!

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Should you self-publish?

Self-publishing has changed over the years. There are now some high-quality self-published books out there, and the authors are reaping 100 percent of the profit. Should you join them?

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How to Pitch and Sell your Novel – a chat with James L. Rubart

By on May 13, 2013 in 3. Publish your Story, 5. MBT Interviews and Events, 7. Search by Author:, How do I Pitch my Book?, Interviews, Susan May Warren, Writers Q &A

Hello Friends!  I’m so excited to have on the blog today a fun chat I did with James L. Rubart (Jim!) on a few insights on how to pitch and sell your novel.  This is just a tidbit of all the great info offered on his new Video Seminar – How to Pitch and Sell your Novel!  Get it this week only on sale for $19.99!! Have a great writing week! Go write something brilliant! Susie May  

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The self-publishing journey of a MBT author

By on November 20, 2012 in 1. Discover your story, 3. Publish your Story, 4. Writer’s Life, Inspiration and Life Coaching, 5. MBT Interviews and Events, Editing Basics, Encourage Me!, Interviews, Quick Skills, Susan May Warren, Truth or Dare: Conversations with an aspiring novelist

Yesterday we posted part one of an interview with a self-published author that MBT had the priviledge of coaching this past year.  Read that post here: Today is part two of the journey. SMW:  Dennis, you’ve written a delightful Christmas novella, South Pole Santa! Can you take us through the history of this story and help us understand how you went from idea to finished product? Dennis: The first draft was a really rough draft. Bear in mind it was already December and I was only starting to write the story. So I really hurried to get the first draft done and I completed it on December 7 and it was about 10,000 words. You and I discussed did a couple of days later and I’ll never forget that first […]

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Conversations: The journey of a self-pubbed author – part one

By on November 19, 2012 in 1. Discover your story, 4. Writer’s Life, Inspiration and Life Coaching, 5. MBT Interviews and Events, Encourage Me!, Interviews, Truth or Dare: Conversations with an aspiring novelist, Writing Life Coaching

Today, on Conversations, I’m excited to talk to another author  (Sorry Sally – you’ll be back next week) who I was privileged to work with this year.  This is a long interview, so I’ve broken it into two parts (today and tomorrow!) You might not know that a big part of MBT is helping authors through our private coaching program. We work with new authors to multi-published authors, coaching them through their stories.  I’m thrilled that many of them have landed on best-seller lists and won awards.  Often, they are traditionally published stories – but occasionally we work on a self-published story. One of my favorite self-pubbed projects came to me about a year ago. I loved it immediately – a story of a family caught in technology, who needed […]

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