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  • Jo Anne, gee, thanks for asking!  After I batted down that ugly beast of self-doubt, I pulled my novel out again, blew off the dust, and sent it off. I got some really...
  • Here's a shout out to two women who offer great writing and much support. I love having them in my writers' circle! E. Victoria Flynn, who spearheads Mother Writers,...
  • Great column Nancy! I would add, check out the possibility of a low-residency MFA--the total cost is much less, you don't have to relocate or give up your day-job, and...
  • Hi Amy - thanks for visiting!  Vistaprint has many templates pre-made that you can add your personalized text to. Make sure to check it out!  I bet you'll create something great!  Jan
  • When I first self-published, I used CreateSpace (and their ISBNs -- since you own the rights, you can always publish under other ISBNs elsewhere if you want), and I na...
  • Michele J. Rolle: I had my logo designed via http://www.48hourslogo.com. You write a description of what you want and various designers come up with ideas. It's a cont...
  • The Chicago is what I use for fiction; I use AP Style for nonfiction. And, for self-published manuscripts, I like to develop a personalized style sheet that adapts to the author's voice. Thank you for this post!
  • Are you going to add a CafePress shop? That could mean some extra revenue for SW to cover the monthly fees and swag adds to promotional opp. Perhaps post a contest for the illustrator/writer types to come up with more than the letter logo?
  • Migrating comments from earlier today (this post originally appeared on a different page -- a technicality over here; thanks for bearing with us as we straighten thing...
  • @Karoline. The services we're providing are very comp...k them out and they're a completely different model. We view ourselves as a hybrid model. All of our authors will be...shed. We are presenting an alternative to the model that you do it all yourself...