The Top 5 Mistakes Indie Authors Make When Hiring a Book Illustrator (And How to Avoid Them)

As an indie author, hiring a book illustrator can be a daunting task. The illustrations in your book are an essential part of telling your story and finding the right illustrator who can bring your vision to life is crucial. However, there are common mistakes that indie authors make when hiring a book illustrator. In […]
Why Does Every Smart Ghostwriter Always Make Agreements?

Commissioning ghostwritten work can help businesses and independent creators to achieve efficiency. In this day and age, companies have a lot to do and think about. With that in mind, they search for compelling ghostwriters who can emulate their content creator’s tone and produce on-brand output. At times, though, arrangements like these do not work as intended. […]
Book Royalties: 6 Solid Secrets New Authors Need To Know

If you’re an aspiring author, you must have heard of book royalties. These are payments that publishers make to an author for publishing their book, which is also how authors earn money. The process behind royalties often confuses many first-time authors, prompting questions such as when they can start earning royalties and how much they […]
Tax Considerations For Digital Creators

Tax Day is Coming! Yes, Tax Day is coming up, and taxes are simply a fact of life and certainly a fact of doing business. If you are a creator and earning money, you are doing business and going to need to pay the taxes on the money you earn. This is regardless of whether […]
Top 3 Things to Do to Successfully Plan a Book Launch Party

After months (or years) of grueling hard work, you have finally reached one of the best things about being a writer: Getting to share your completed work with others. Once you have published your piece, you can move forth to a party to celebrate its honor. Or, to put it simply, a book launch party. […]
Legal Things to Consider When Publishing Online Content

If you’re a content creator or a blogger, you must never forget that publishing content online always comes with legal responsibilities. While publishing anything online is free, you should not overlook the fact that there are rules you must follow because you may end up facing legal issues if you do not comply with the […]
4 Tips Every Freelance Writing Business Owner Should Know

Today, there is a significant increase in remote work as 59 million Americans freelanced in the past year, making up 36 percent of the total US workforce. It is also why more people are starting their freelance businesses by offering services for remote work. One of the rising freelance businesses to consider is setting up […]
4 Tips to Address Problems with Your Self-Publisher

Even writers with the best intentions sometimes find themselves in unfortunate situations with the self-publishing companies they work with. Typically, the writer ends up being disappointed with the partner’s work for many reasons. It could be that the book quality wasn’t up to par, or that the partner isn’t communicating as often as agreed. Regardless, […]
6 Legal Agreements All Screenwriters Need to Know

Getting your start as a screenwriter is incredibly exciting. After searching far and wide for an opportunity to flex your creative muscles and make the thrilling world in your head come to life, you’ve finally found the perfect outlet to express your passion for writing. However, that likely means the legal aspects of screenwriting aren’t […]