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Until now, as a writer, all you've focused on is the Craft of writing. However, your writing is not the same thing as your business. This book gives you a combination of career and writer/life advice to help you take that next step, and go from being merely a writer to being a professional, from someone who has had to learn all this the hard way.Some of the topics discussed include: DBAs Intellectual property Money Communication Self-confidence 101 The physicality of writing What's stopping you from writingThe Business for Breakfast series contains bite-sized business advice. This is a 101 level book, with beginning advice for the professional.Be sure to read all the books in this series!

The world has changed.If you want to be a successful Indie writer these days, you need to keep up. You are your own publisher, and need to be seen as a professional.I can't guarantee that you'll have success by following the suggestions in this book, but these are the things that I've done. By learning and executing on these marketing techniques, I've built myself up to be a successful mid-list career and punching well above my weight class.Topics we'll cover: The Author as a Brand Active versus passive marketing Looking like a professional on the web and in person Narrowcasting and the future of social media Physical media and books New services you can take advantage of If you are a new publisher just starting out, or an experienced hand who woke up one morning and discovered that the old tricks didn't work anymore, this book is for you. The Business for Breakfast series contains bite-sized business advice. This is a 201 level book, with intermediate-level advice for the professional. Be sure to read all the books in this series!

An Ewin attack on Meerut provoked First Centurion Kosnett to strike back. Boldly. Rudely, even.Now, he must travel to the heart of the Ewin Principalities and negotiate a new peace.Except that the King orders an attack that will turn into a civil war if Phil doesn't manage to stop it.Book Four of a new Republic of Aquitaine Navy series: First Centurion Kosnett, and a sequel to The Jessica Keller Chronicles. Be sure to start with Book One: Encounter at Vilahana.

Phil's victory at Vilahana opens up the interior of the Balhee Cluster to diplomacy and trade, even as it upends centuries of piracy by all the major players. But the Ingham Syndicate won't go down easy.Basant Utkin-Commander of the pirate Enforcer Tango-starts a civil war against his own bosses. He recruits every warship he can find on his side to help him carve out a new Pirate Kingdom.First Centurion Kosnett must gather all his new friends and stop Basant. If he can.Book Two of a new Republic of Aquitaine Navy series: First Centurion Kosnett, and a sequel to The Jessica Keller Chronicles. Be sure to read Book One: Encounter at Vilahana before moving on to Hegemony at Dalou.

As Captain Navarre, the Science Officer rescued his greatest enemy and destroyed her captors.Now, someone else wants to hire the ruthless pirate Navarre, and Javier must take Sykora with him to help.Their mission? To raid the most luxurious starship in space: Shangdu, The Pleasure Dome.Be sure to enjoy all the books in the Science Officer series!Part of the Alexandria Station universe.

Daniel still doesn't understand why he lives, but the Commander won't allow him to die, so he still has a purpose. And a book in a language nobody recognizes.Kathra welcomes the first alien into her comitatus, a young Kaniea woman named A'Alhakoth. Together they travel to A'Alhakoth's home sectors to find allies that might help the Mbaysey resist the might of the Sept Empire.Amarin Pasdar decides that the only way to capture and kill Kathra and the Mbaysey lies in building his own ship: SeptStar.Strange alliances will be forged and tested in a war for the future of the entire galaxy.Be sure to look for the rest of the Star Tribes series!

Buran returns, a greater raid than ever envisioned striking the Imperial capital and forever changing everything about the war in a single afternoon.Unlikely heroes must rise, in the face of unimaginable tragedy.Jessica Keller must press her personal war forward, not knowing if any of her friends have survived.St. Legier-the seventh novel of the Chronicles of Jessica Keller-begins Jessica's battle with a threat to the entire galaxy and every human alive or ever to be born. Be sure to enjoy the rest of the series, starting with Auberon.

Tanelith only knows the ruins of one of the crashed cities. Myths say that the gods used to live there, floating in palaces far above the ground.The other races-like the Dwarves and the Humans-blame Tanelith people, the Elves, for the ancient war, for how far the rest of them have fallen.And artifacts still hide among the broken walls and buildings. Miracles and mysteries. When slavers drag Tanelith to the Human lands, to witness the hatred that causes people to treat her kind like animals, she must escape.But can the past save the Elves from the hatred of the other races? Can the future?Ruins of the Gods-the first in a new epic dark fantasy series- follows Tanelith as she struggles to find her place in the world. And the gods that abandoned and betrayed them all.Be sure to read the rest of the books in this finished series!

Tessa and her crew want to stay out of debt. Maybe get a little ahead. Even if that involves looting wrecks and occasionally robbing banks.When three new passengers bring a passel of trouble with them, Tessa and the gang must define what family means. And what they will do to protect it.Last Stand is a shiny, new space western science fiction adventure series full of bright characters, messy worlds, and all manner of ethical conundrums. Start here with Lost Dreams and then move on to Ghost Towns. If you dare.

Judit had thought her choices were lousy before.Now, she has forbidden aliens in control of the engines, a ship designed to break down regularly, and the Cartel hunting them through every system in known space.What's worse?She cannot trust the crew. Even Saxon has been compromised by the death of Camelot.But Judit cannot fight the entire galaxy on her own, though Isten help her, sometimes she's angry enough that she thinks she can.Somehow, this crew has to come together. Learn how to run a con together to save themselves. Or everything-all those second chances-will be lost.Project Nyx-the second book in the space opera series The Long Run-continues the chase through alien space stations, corporate machinations, and the importance of finding just the right threat to get your crewmembers to behave.Be sure to read all the books in this completed series, starting with Project Nemesis!

It seemed like a legitimate heist when someone hired Storm Gauntlet and her crew to go hijack some cargo. Pirate ships did that sort of thing.However, whoever hired them didn't count on the Science Officer's sneakiness. Paranoia. Whatever. The situation didn't make sense. No one would deliver cargo to a dead planet. It had to be a trap. Someone had set them up.But who? And why?The Doomsday Vault follows the adventures of Javier Aritza, Suvi, and the rest of the crew of Storm Gauntlet in a story with unexpected twists, as well as surprising consequences.This is the fifth novella in the Science Officer series, and the beginning of the mini-series, War of the Pirate Clans.Part of the Alexandria Station universe.

Valentinian just wants to make a living hauling cargo between planets and stations. His new charter promises to be profitable, hauling an all-girl-band all over the Dominion. But trouble starts before they take off, and Valentinian has just hired a crewman with a shadowy past, big muscles, and the sort of military training that only the Dominator's Elite Assault Cavalry wields.What else could possibly go wrong?Longshot Hypothesis-the first novel in the new series, Shadow of the Dominion-is a fresh take on space merchants, space marines, and oh, yeah, hired muscle.Be sure to be on the look-out for the other books in this series!

So, you commit art.However, you feel...stuck. Unsatisfied. You want to do more as an artist. Can do more.You just don't know how.You've seen all the advice books out there, all meant to help you. Most of them come from people who are not artists, haven't struggled with the fear.This book may help you, but you have to want to change and then be willing to do the hard work.Inside, find straightforward advice on things you need to think about to grow as an artist. The "Check Ins" provide thoughtful questions, meant to get you pointed in the right direction.You must to do the work. I cannot want it more than you do.The Business for Breakfast series contains bite-sized business advice. This is a 201 level book, with intermediate advice for the professional.Be sure to read all the books in this series!

Most trolls have no natural magical ability. However, Christine does. Enchanted powders swirl up when she walks by. Charms glow.What happens when Christine tries to direct her magical powers?Nothing. Nada. Zip.Something blocks Christine from reaching her full magical potential.But what?"The Princess Troll"-the second novel in The Seattle Trolls trilogy and the delightful continuation "The Changeling Troll"-follows Christine on her journeys through a skewed Seattle and her encounters with outrageous and whimsical characters. A coming of age tale for all ages! Be sure to read the other books in the Seattle Trolls trilogy, "The Changeling Troll" and "The Fairy Bridge Troll", as well as the continuing adventures of Christine in the Troll Wars trilogy.