Writing and Creating Books

Maya Angelou on Doing Well

Maya Angelou: Book Marketing Advice

The following advice from Maya Angelou applies not only to marketing books but also to writing books, publishing books, self-publishing books, producing ebooks, pursuing publicity, and just about everything else you do as a book author and/or self-publisher. Pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their […]

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Kurt Vonnegut Jr. on Art

Do You Want to Be a Writer? Start Now.

Starting right now, do art and do it for the rest of your lives. Draw a funny or nice picture of Ms. Lockwood, and give it to her. Dance home after school, and sing in the shower and on and on. Make a face in your mashed potatoes. Pretend you’re Count Dracula. — Kurt Vonnegut […]

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Walker Evans on observing

Book Author Advice: Stare. Pry. Listen. Eavesdrop

Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long. — Walker Evans, photographer Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long. — Walker Evans, photographer Click […]

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George Washington Carver on uncommon things

George Washington Carver: A Book Marketing Tip

When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. — George Washington Carver, inventor and botanist Do you want to be a successful book marketer? Try marketing in an uncommon way. Do you want to be a successful self-publisher? Try self-publishing in an uncommon way. […]

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