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Six Ways to Be a Team Player #indie #author

Independent authors and entrepreneurs don't have to go it alone, according to Lucy Adams. Take it away, Lucy! Six Clever Ways to Be a Team Player as an Entrepreneur (https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/02/09/08/05/entrepreneur-1188493_960_720.jpg) Whether or not you like teams, they're all around us. Of course, there are exceptions (night watchmen, for example), but the number of jobs based on teamwork grows year by year. Even if you’re an independent author, you have teammates including beta readers, critique partners, editors, book designers, marketing assistants, and most of all, READERS. You need solid communication among teammates to achieve the best results. If you're an excellent team player, you’ll be in demand, your opinion will be highly valued, and your ideas will be accepted. So what are the qualities and skills that will make you a brilliant chain link? Below are the 7 most important by Lucy Adams, an outsourcer from the British essay writing servic...

#IWSG Indie Publishing Adventure: I Need Your Advice!

Time for the Insecure Writers Support Group, where we share our hopes and dreams. Thanks to Alex Cavanaugh for starting the group: join HERE if you're interested. I'm taking a week off work to finish my WIP, a college volleyball romance titled  Blocked . Only two chapters left! *bounces* Boo to writer's block While I've loved working with Omnific Publishing for my first four novels, I don't plan to query publishers this time. My main reason for venturing into indie publishing? Impatience . It takes me so long to finish a novel due to my day job that I don't want to wait the greater part of a year for the book to launch, if I'm lucky enough for my manuscript to be accepted by a publisher. I also want to try something new and see where it leads me! I realize professional editing is essential (wow, has it improved my writing over the years), and I plan to hire the amazing editor I've worked with for every novel: Jessica Royer Ocken...