If you’re like most authors, the word “marketing” probably sends you running frightened for the hills. The idea is terrifying, enough to reconsider the idea of self-publishing altogether. But, it doesn’t have to be all that, especially if you’re willing to understand how fiction genres work in marketing.

There was a time, not too long ago, when fiction genres were as easy to understand as a quick browse of the shelves of your local book store. The fiction section, as a rule, broke down into something like this: literature, romance, mystery, science-fiction and fantasy. Sure, there were outliers complicating the situation, horror and women’s fiction come to mind, but by and large, these were your sections.

You’ve probably heard this before, and if you’re like me, you’ve got a little sick of it. Things aren’t “simple” anymore. I’m talking anywhere, not just the shelves of your local book store. I mean, look around, there are a lot more than 31 flavors to be enjoyed.

So, the question for authors looking to self-publish their books, how do you make the proliferation of fiction genres work for you?

When You Don’t Understand Fiction Genres

The easiest way to understand what happens when an author publishes a book without first understand fiction genres is to use an example. I’ll go with an author whose story I know really, really well.

The author I’m going to talk about is me.

I write a book series called “The Strange Air”, a collection of stories I that I first conceived of as paranormal. The contemporary mysteries that I write all deal with investigations of ghosts and shadows, so the term “paranormal” made a lot of sense. Right?

Well, as I started marketing my books, I noticed something that felt… odd. The books marketed along with mine (or appearing on the same virtual Amazon bookshelf) didn’t look at all alike. In fact, in some cases, they looked as different as two books could possible. While I was selling stories about harried sheriffs and things that go bump in the night, my contemporaries were selling hunky werewolves and sexy witches.

You might be saying to yourself, you can’t judge a book by its cover. Looks can be deceiving. But, in the world of book marketing, what your book looks like matters a whole lot. To the customer browsing Amazon, it matters more than anything.

Here is how I know that is true. After months and months of marketing my books as “paranormal”, I was getting nowhere fast. My books were underperforming by every measurable metric, from sales to advertising impressions to reader reviews. 

I was spending money to get my books in front of readers, but getting nowhere. I needed a new plan.

Why Fiction Genres Matter In Marketing Books

My experience taught me a very valuable lesson: ultimately, it is the reader that matters most. 

Yes, that’s right. As a writer, your only job is to please the reader. Let that sink in.

Many writers, unfortunately, don’t take the time to fully comprehend what that means. They believe that their books are the exceptions to the rules. A simple look at reader behavior and interaction, however, tells us there are no exceptions. Even Steven King still needs to give the readers what they want.

Fiction genres matter a lot to readers. For that reason, understanding those categories should matter to us, as writers. Readers go to their favorite bookstore (on-line or in-person) looking for material they’re going to enjoy reading. They know their taste, whether it’s cozy mysteries or hardboiled crime fiction.

Putting something else in front of them isn’t going to change that. It will only frustrate that reader, alienating them from ever giving you a chance.

Fiction genres matter in marketing books because they are the first area of alignment. If you’re trying to sell a hardboiled crime book, full of babes, blood, and bullets, to a reader that is looking for a fireside cozy, you’re not going to get very far.

If they happen to buy and read, I would wager a pretty penny their review won’t be positive.

If, however, you take the adequate time to understand what fiction genres work with your book, and where it fits into those categories, you’re chance of pleasing those readers, your readers, increases exponentially.

What Can I Do To Understand Fiction Genres?

The first key, I think, is to understand the other books within your category. As a fiction author, you can write whatever you want. While sitting at the computer, or indulging your imagination, anything goes. You should feel free to create the world you want. It is once you take that book out into the world, however, that you need to understand where it is going to fit.

But how do you do that?

Spending hours browsing the shelves of your local bookstore has never been easier than it is today. Amazon, still the largest bookstore in the world, offers unlimited opportunities to explore. From your desk or phone, you can check out what books rank highly in their category, see their covers, their blurbs, and comparables.

To take it a step deeper (one I highly recommend) with eBooks relatively cheap (usually in the free to $5 range, or less with Kindle Unlimited) you can download and read books and figure out what categories work best with yours. Reading in your genre is invaluable.

Do you think your book fits in “paranormal”? If so, search PARANORMAL in the Kindle Store.

Does your book look and sound like the ones ranking highly in that category? If so, you’re probably on the right track to start there. Then, once you’ve established the broader fiction genres, you can dive down deeper. Down here you find the real gems like PARANORMAL ROMANCE.

Marketing books is difficult, harder than writing them, in some cases. But it doesn’t have to be an impossible task. Understanding fiction genres, reading and exploring what’s out there, is a crucial step, and it is one that has never been easier.

I hope this addressed some of your interest in fiction genres. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them below. 

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I believe that knowing how to conduct a proper ghostwriting interview is the bedrock of success for you and your project.

In fact, I believe in that so much, I wrote a book about it.

While this book does not necessarily cover fiction genres as this blog does, it will help you prepare for an interview with a ghostwriter. In this book, I cover questions about plagiarism, contracts, and, yes, of course, money.

If you would like a complimentary copy of How To Hire A Ghostwriter: Your Guide To Finding The Best Pro For Your Project all you have to do is click and download.

If you have read this book, like it, and found it helpful, please share it with some of your fellow writers and take a moment to review it either on GoodReads or Amazon.

How Do I Contact You?

If you are serious about hiring a professional ghostwriter for your book, screenplay, or non-fiction story, or you need help with editing or self-publishing your manuscript, please contact me via email, or call.

Every new contact receives a free 30-minute 1:1 consultation about their ghostwriting project or manuscript consultation.

Additionally, I offer all independent and self-publishing authors a 10% discount on my already affordable services.

The question of how much does it cost to publish a book is a challenging one to answer succinctly. Over the years, I have worked with authors that spent considerable amounts of money getting their book out, and others who produced a similar quality book for half of the price.

How much you spend depends on a couple of things:

How resourceful are you?

How much time are you willing to commit to looking around?

While hard and fast numbers are impossible to offer (every book and every author are different) there are a few areas you need to understand. In each of these main categories, I offer you basic cost ranges, ways to save some dough, and a pro tip that may help your decision making.

Editorial Costs

Cost Range?

Editorial rates fall in wide ranges. Different editors charge different rates based on the type of editing and their experience. 

For the most part, editors work within the ranges described by the Editorial Freelancers Association. You can see from the chart, the basic going rate for most editorial services runs between $40 and $60 an hour, not too bad.

When I edit books, I charge in the middle of that rate with developmental editing taking roughly seven to twelve hours for a 60,000-word book.

Way to save some money?

One way to save money on editorial costs is to get involved with a writers group. Workshopping with other writers allows you to work out some of the inevitable story kinks, especially around plot and character.

You can also use services like Grammarly to give your manuscript a basic line edit and proofread. It’s not perfect, but it does help clean up your manuscript before you get to the proofreader, thus costing you less of their time. 

Pro Tip:

Professional editorial rates fall within the guidelines above. Sometimes editors are considered hot commodities within their genre, but for a beginning writer, you likely don’t need the “hot commodity”. 

You need something solid.

Don’t skimp here. When your book gets to readers, it needs to be both well-written and sharp. Don’t allow your book to suffer poor reviews because you went without editorial services or a proofreader.

How Much Does It Cost To Publish A Book: Layout & Design

Cost Range?

Book layout and design is a fairly easy service to locate. Most designers charge in the range of $300 to $600 for a book, depending on the complexity of the layout. Layout complexity comes down to questions like: how many pictures? does the book require footnotes? how long is the book in terms of words and/or chapters?

The cost of this service also may come down to what exported platforms. Most authors want their book exported into files that allow them to publish on Apple Books, Kobo, Google Books, print as well as, obviously, Amazon.

Way to save some money?

This is a tough place to cut costs. Professional layout & design are necessary for your book to look right.

If you are a self-publishing author and you envision yourself writing and publishing many books, buying a program like Vellum may be a good route. For a small upfront cost and the commitment of time, you could teach yourself basic layout and skip this on-going cost altogeher.

For simple books not requiring many pictures, graphs or citations, Vellum creates a strong product that is professional grade.

Pro Tip:

Don’t just stick your manuscript up on Amazon.

Yes, there is an option to upload your working .doc or .docx file, using their internal formatting software. The results are usually shaky though, they don’t look as good as a professionally designed book.

This comes back to the previous idea about poor reviews. You simply cannot afford to risk negative reviews of your book because layout and design are sloppy. If you don’t believe me, look at Amazon reviews for self-publishing authors. Reviewers are tough.

Cover Costs

Cost Range?

This service may provide the widest range of costs. Designers charge anywhere from $10 to $1,000 for a cover design, with the going rate for an eBook falling in the area of $150-400. When you’re looking at a print book version, you can expect to pay 30-40% more.

Way to save some money?

Don’t make your own. Unless, of course, you’re a graphic designer with a keen eye for cover styles.

Many cover designers offer pre-made covers from their portfolios. The pre-made covers are almost always discounted, usually costing 50% of a custom cover. That is a great deal when you’re trying to cut down on costs.

Another route to saving money is a service like Fivver, Upwork or Thumbtack. You can get a decent cover for a great price if you hunt around.

Pro Tip:

Don’t skimp here… but that isn’t permission to overdo it either.

What do I mean by that?

On my first book, I engaged a cover designer who offered an original painting. The project was going to cost $500 (a steep cost I know now) but for my money, I was only getting rights to the eBook cover. He wanted to charge me considerably more to license the image to print books, audiobooks, and advertising.

Look, I know your book is your baby. Your career may yet yield successes that afford you expensive covers.

For the first book, however, consider something more modest.

How Much Does It Cost To Publish A Book: Traditional Route

Cost Range?

This is really difficult to answer. The traditional route to publication hinges on getting the right manuscript into the right agent/publisher’s hand at the right time. That becomes, in many instances, a numbers game.

How many people can you pitch? How many hands can you shake?

How much rejection can you stand?

The conventional route here is a writer’s conference. You can attend a local or national conference for the cost of attendance ($200-500) travel (check your trusty discounted ticket site) and lodging. This can add up pretty fast.

If you want a solid, predictable answer to the question of how much does it cost to publish a book, this route is mostly the unknown.

Way to save some money?

Social media. There is a lot of mud out there and it can, at times, be difficult to navigate, but agents and publishers have a public face. They’re part of a community. If you ingratiate yourself to that community, you can start building the kind of connections you need.

Pro Tip:

The traditional route to publication is a long tail. That means you’re going to be at it for a while. 

The myth of the home run is mostly a myth.

If you have the time and you’re certain you want the editor/agent/publisher relationship, it’s important to look at the process as one of building long term, healthy professional relationships. Your mindset needs to be around making friends, both with your colleagues and your target professionals.

Why is that? Because the people you meet on the way up are part of your network. You can never have too many allies in the publishing game.

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Whatever route you choose, publishing a book costs money. You can spend a little or a lot on editorial costs, layout and design, and covers. Going the traditional route, seeking an agent or a publisher, incurs costs in terms of time.

The key to understand is this: when it comes to how much it costs to publish a book, you always have options. 

If you would like to read more on the topic of how much it costs to publish a book, check out these additional articles.

How To Publish A Book On Amazon

How To Write A Query Letter

What Is A Query Letter

Ask A Ghostwriter – Help With Self-Publishing

The Best Self-Publishing Podcasts

Publishing Consultant For Fiction

What Goes Into Successful Fiction Books?

Is Self-Publishing On A Budget Possible?

What Type Of Editing Do I Need?

Book Layout and Design

Self Edit Your Novel

How To Write Historical Fiction

 

Free “How To Hire A Ghostwriter” eBook

I so adamantly believe that knowing how to conduct a ghostwriting interview is a bedrock of success that I wrote a book about it.

While this book doesn’t necessarily cover how much does it cost to publish a book as this blog does, it does serve as an ideal primer for developing a professional mentality to bring to your writing.

If you would like a complimentary copy of How To Hire A Ghostwriter: Your Guide To Finding The Best Pro For Your Project all you have to do is click and download.

If you have read this book, like it, and found it helpful, please share it with some of your fellow writers and take a moment to review it either on GoodReads or Amazon.

How Do I Contact You?

If you are serious about hiring a fiction editor or having your book, screenplay or non-fiction story professionally written by a ghostwriter, or you need self-publishing help, please contact me via email, or call.

Every new contact receives a free 30-minute 1:1 consultation about their ghostwriting project or manuscript consultation.

Additionally, I offer all independent and self-publishing authors a 10% discount on my already affordable services.

If you’re an author on the path to publication, exploring available book publishers is likely an idea you’ve considered. At the bedrock of the publishing industry for as long as anyone can remember, publishers big and small, from multi-national New York City houses to small presses have been a viable option.

With the rise of self-publishing, however, many authors have chosen to eschew the process of submitting to book publishers altogether. While going it alone has its charmss, working with reputable book publishers comes with a number of advantages self-published authors simply do not have.

In order to help you get familiar, I offer a few reasons why choosing a book publisher might be the best thing for your book.

Book Publishers Are A Pipeline To The Pros

Self-publishing authors take on a lot of responsibility for their own work. In order to get a proper manuscript together, they must enlist the help of an editor (or two, depending on their thoroughness) a cover designer, book layout professional as well as marketing, which comes after publication.

Those options can take a lot of time, tax the patience of a new writer, as well as cost a pretty penny. Working with book publishers puts all of those tasks in the hands of professionals.

While finding freelancers to fill those roles is realistic, publishing companies keep an in-house stable on hand for their authors. For some authors, the idea of an “all in one” relationship is quite appealing.

Some writers, after all, simply want to write.

Built-In Relationships

Everyone working in a publishing company, whether large or small, is an industry professional. Signing on with a publisher gives you easier access to relationships with editors, designers as well as other fellow authors.

I am friends with a few authors through a small press here in Portland, Oregon. They put out a hand full of fiction titles throughout the year, staying largely local with their stable of authors and designers. I am always impressed at how tight-knit those writers are. When one has a book come out, the others spread the word, whether through readings or on social media.

They’re fans of one another’s work. They’re like a family.

I’m not naive enough to think that every author gets chummy with every one of their peers at their publishing house. But, if you work it right, the relationships you make with peers and professionals today, will open doors for your career tomorrow.

Remember, it’s not what you’ve got. It’s who you know.

Book Publishers Get You On The Shelf

More and more, the idea of “on the shelf” for most authors consists of a Best Seller/#1 on Amazon designation. The way the book market is trending, that’s not going to change any time soon.

But some authors have a different idea of success for their project. 

I always advise writers I work with to consider their vision for the book. If part of your unique vision is a book store shelf, whether that be your local independent book store or the bright lights of Barnes & Noble, book publishers might be the best option for your book.

Does that mean a self-publishing author can’t get their book on the shelf somewhere?

No, that’s not what that means. Not exactly.

The reality is, most authors, especially early on, don’t have the clout to move into physical shelf space. They’ve either got to pack a few successful books onto their list, OR, have amazing relationships.

Either way, the route to a print book on the bookstore shelf may be through a book publisher.

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Whatever you choose now, one thing to keep in mind: if the road you start out on doesn’t seem like it’s working, you can always change. I’ve known a number of authors who, after struggling to find an agent or a publisher, decided to go self-published.

On the other side, plenty of self-publishing authors have flipped the script and gotten an agent.

I will ask now the question I often ask. What is your vision for your book? Whatever you see, strive for that, however specific or lofty it seems. Only with a clear vision of your future can you get what you want.

If you would like to read more on the topic of how to get a book published, check out these additional articles.

How To Publish A Book On Amazon

How To Write A Query Letter

What Is A Query Letter

Ask A Ghostwriter – Help With Self-Publishing

The Best Self-Publishing Podcasts

Publishing Consultant For Fiction

What Goes Into Successful Fiction Books?

Is Self-Publishing On A Budget Possible?

What Type Of Editing Do I Need?

Book Layout and Design

Self Edit Your Novel

How To Write Historical Fiction

 

Free “How To Hire A Ghostwriter” eBook

I so adamantly believe that knowing how to conduct a ghostwriting interview is a bedrock of success that I wrote a book about it.

While this book doesn’t necessarily cover book publishers as this blog does, it does serve as an ideal primer for developing a professional mentality to bring to your writing.

If you would like a complimentary copy of How To Hire A Ghostwriter: Your Guide To Finding The Best Pro For Your Project all you have to do is click and download.

If you have read this book, like it, and found it helpful, please share it with some of your fellow writers and take a moment to review it either on GoodReads or Amazon.

How Do I Contact You?

If you are serious about hiring a fiction editor or having your book, screenplay or non-fiction story professionally written by a ghostwriter, or you need self-publishing help, please contact me via email, or call.

Every new contact receives a free 30-minute 1:1 consultation about their ghostwriting project or manuscript consultation.

Additionally, I offer all independent and self-publishing authors a 10% discount on my already affordable services.

Literary agents are a viable path to getting a book published. In today’s day and age, although self-publishing and small presses are hotter than ever, having an agent working in your corner is still a way to open doors for your publishing career.

There is a lot to know about working with literary agents, however. The writer/agent relationship can be complicated and they can sometimes present as challenging for certain personalities.

In this blog, I’m going to go over a few tips and tricks I’ve learned over the years around how to deal with agents.

Literary Agents Work For You

The most important thing to know about the writer/agent relationship, far and away, is understanding who works for who. All too often I hear writers say things like, “I’m doing this for my agent”. But that kind of thinking is backward.

A literary agent works for you.

As a writer, you create the product. A book. This is the thing that makes everyone in the equation money. An agent’s job is to help you, the writer, sell that manuscript to the right publisher for the highest price.

Did you see what I wrote there? The right publisher. For the highest price.

Why do I make that distinction?

An agent is there to get your book into the best publisher for your book at this point in your career. Sometimes, the best publisher isn’t necessarily the one with the biggest advance and deepest pockets. The best publisher is often the one who cultivates a writer’s career, devotes the time to promote a book, and takes care to maintain strong relationships.

Money Matters

Of course money factors into the equation, the writer/agent relationship is, after all, one centered around business.

Literary agents don’t get paid until you, the author, gets paid for your manuscript. This is a hard and fast rule about publishing. In general, the agent’s commission runs around 15%, which means, if you sell a book for a healthy $10,000 advance, they’re taking $1,500.

That’s a significant chunk. About as much as Uncle Sam takes in taxes.

Bringing up money opens a whole can of worms though.

For one thing, while 15% is a significant bite out of a hard-earned advance, the idea is that the agent will have earned you significantly more than you would have without their help. Maybe a determined self-representing author could take home all of a $5,000 advance, sharing with no one.

Which would you rather have though?

Another fact to note is the timing. An agent gets paid when you get paid.

Just like anything else, there are heartless scams running out there. I’ve seen a great many people pose as agents. They pretend to have the cache to sell a book, ask for a fee, and unsuspecting authors get duped.

Don’t be fooled. If someone saying they’re an agent asks you for money before the book sells, they’re not an agent.

How To Find Literary Agents

The process of finding literary agents is easier than some make it out to be. They’re out there, right now, looking for new writers.

You just have to know some of the secrets of where to find them.

The first, easiest way to find an agent, is at a writer’s conference. In nearly every major city and in every state there is a writers conference, a gathering centered around the craft, celebration, and networking between authors and professionals.

Agents are often invited to writer’s conferences. They are there to take pitches for new books. Yes, the process of pitching your novel is often a nerve-wracking one, but there is no better way to get face time with literary agents than to show up where they gather.

The best part is, most literary agents are good stewards of the writing business. They help struggling writers with their pitch. They remember faces and names, so if you’re friendly and engaging, a long term relationship is a strong possibility.

If you can’t make it to a writer’s conference, another option is through web searches or social media. A basic Google search turns up hundreds of agencies and independents. Literary agents from all over the world are out there, broadcasting their availability, talking openly about what they are looking for.

Get out there and find one!

If you would like to read more on the topic of how to get a book published, check out these additional articles.

How To Publish A Book On Amazon

How To Write A Query Letter

What Is A Query Letter

Ask A Ghostwriter – Help With Self-Publishing

The Best Self-Publishing Podcasts

Publishing Consultant For Fiction

What Goes Into Successful Fiction Books?

Is Self-Publishing On A Budget Possible?

What Type Of Editing Do I Need?

Book Layout and Design

Self Edit Your Novel

How To Write Historical Fiction

 

Free “How To Hire A Ghostwriter” eBook

I so adamantly believe that knowing how to conduct a ghostwriting interview is a bedrock of success that I wrote a book about it.

While this book doesn’t necessarily cover literary agents as this particular blog does, it does serve as an ideal primer for developing a professional mentality to bring to your writing.

If you would like a complimentary copy of How To Hire A Ghostwriter: Your Guide To Finding The Best Pro For Your Project all you have to do is click and download.

If you have read this book, like it, and found it helpful, please share it with some of your fellow writers and take a moment to review it either on GoodReads or Amazon.

How Do I Contact You?

If you are serious about hiring a fiction editor or having your book, screenplay or non-fiction story professionally written by a ghostwriter, or you need self-publishing help, please contact me via email, or call.

Every new contact receives a free 30-minute 1:1 consultation about their ghostwriting project or manuscript consultation.

Additionally, I offer all independent and self-publishing authors a 10% discount on my already affordable services.

It’s time to write your book. What tools do you need to get the job done though? Book writing software comes in all shapes and sizes. A long time ago, writers were limited to pencil and pen or a typewriter, but not today. Writers can use any number of software platforms, sourced in an app, a program or on-line.

I’m going to go over a few of the more prominent book writing software programs currently available to writers, discussing what I believe are the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Book Writing Software: Microsoft Word

Microsoft’s word-processing suite has been the go-to book writing software for writers since the early 1990’s. There is a very good reason for that too. If you have a computer, which you more than likely do, it likely already has a perfectly good copy of Microsoft Word on it.

Word is everywhere. It’s on the library’s computers. It’s on your work computer. You cannot escape it.

One of the main advantages of Word is that ubiquitous quality. Since the software is everywhere, you’re not going to need to lay out any money right away. Word is also a very sturdy program. Writing on the current version of Word is a reliable platform for your work.

There are a few disadvantages of Word, however, issues worth mentioning. For one, if you don’t have a copy of the program already, it can be expensive. Downloading the full suite of Office software costs upwards of $200. Using their current subscription service business model, the sticker price comes down a bit to be a little less expensive, but the cost of staying in the current version is a steady chunk of money every month.

What About Dedicated Book Writing Software?

When I refer to “dedicated book writing software” I’m talking about niche programs like Scrivener, yWriter, or Ulysses. Programs like these offer you basic word processing functionality, streamlined and augmented for a writer’s needs.

There is a lot to like about these providers, especially Scrivener, which many writers I know swear up and down by. The advantage of dedicated book writing software is that all of the functionality is tailored to writer’s demands. They help organize manuscripts, specifically elements like character and setting. This software lacks a lot of unnecessary functionality that broader scoped programs like Word need to appeal to general users. 

The disadvantages of software like this are numerous. One, they’re not commonly used programs. If you’re using Scrivener, you can rest assured that community-based computer, or the computer at your Aunt Laura’s when you go visit, won’t have what you need. Another is that these smaller programs are less sturdy than the larger competitors, given to more glitches and functionality concerns.

If you want reliability and flexibility, this may not the place to go.

The Advantage Of Google Docs

This is where I think book writing software is going in the not so distant future. Google Docs is a robust, flexible, based in the cloud service that is available anywhere you go. It is an amazing service, an entire suite available for free with your Google account.

Those are the clear advantages of using Google Docs. Anywhere you can log into a browser, you can access all of a;; your book files. It makes writing in mobile situations as easy as writing at home. Talk about robust, too. Google Docs’ auto-save functions makes losing your work a near impossibility.

If you feel like the transition to Google Docs might be difficult, think again. You can upload Word files into Google Docs as well as download those same files back into a Word format, so you can share your work freely.

I have been using Google Docs for six months and I feel like I’m never going back.

There is one clear potential disadvantage to Google Docs. If you have any hesitation about buying into the “Google World” this is not for you. If you’re not interested in streaming your life in with their universal influence, you may well want to look elsewhere.

If you would like to read more on the topic of how to write a book, check out these additional articles.

How To Write A Novel

How To Publish A Book

How To Write A Book: Plot Ideas

How To Start Writing A Book

How To Write A Book – Ask A Ghostwriter

How To Write A Book – Memorable Characters 

Free “How To Hire A Ghostwriter” eBook

I so adamantly believe that knowing how to conduct a ghostwriting interview is a bedrock of success that I wrote a book about it.

While this book doesn’t necessarily cover book writing software as this blog does, it does serve as an ideal primer for developing a professional mentality to bring to your writing.

If you would like a complimentary copy of How To Hire A Ghostwriter: Your Guide To Finding The Best Pro For Your Project all you have to do is click and download.

If you have read this book, like it, and found it helpful, please share it with some of your fellow writers and take a moment to review it either on GoodReads or Amazon.

How Do I Contact You?

If you are serious about hiring a fiction editor or having your book, screenplay or non-fiction story professionally written by a ghostwriter, or you need self-publishing help, please contact me via email, or call.

Every new contact receives a free 30-minute 1:1 consultation about their ghostwriting project or manuscript consultation.

Additionally, I offer all independent and self-publishing authors a 10% discount on my already affordable services.