Navigating the Self-Publishing Industry
Finding help to self-publish your book The self-publishing industry is growing every year, and tens of thousands of books are self-published every day! Lots of people do it wrong. Of course, you want to be one of the people who does it right. Book publishing involves many skills: Editing, Design, Production, Distribution, Publicity, Marketing, Rights…
What is the Right Way to Self-publish?
If you’re searching for information about the right way to self publish, you have to filter through a lot of words on the internet. Most of it is written by companies that want you to use their platform, or want you to “self” publish by hiring someone to do it all for you. There is…
What is art licensing?
Can artists be earners? Artists can be earners. You might have seen my Twitter post (@SacramentoRobin) about working in NYC for a day at Capsule Gallery Auctions. It is owned by artists (my clients) who have found a way to earn a living through curation and sales of other people’s art collections. As a creative…
Read more books. Read all the books.
Read more books. Read all the books. I want to read all the books. I receive book recommendations every day, from publishers, from indie booksellers, from IndieBound.org, from Goodreads, from friends and colleagues. They want me to read more books, and I desperately want to comply. Reading is a joy. It is also, for me,…
Transitions and the Dragonfly Spirit
Pandemic perspectives from the empty nest The seasons are transitioning and flocks of migrating songbirds are coming through Sacramento. Gorgeous cedar waxwings, with a stripe of yellow at their tail, and lovely mountain bluebirds gobble up winter berries. These days, I’ve been spending a lot of time birdwatching, and working in my day job (as…