11 Frequently Asked Questions About Book Royalties, Advances and Money


Knowledge is Power: I came across this information, as there seem to be so many choices out there, and I hate the idea of being ‘ripped off’.

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“Don’t try to figure out what other people want to …”


“Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer.

– Barbara Kingsolver, writer

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What they call you . . .


What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.

Lucille Clifton.

via Inspirational Quote # 338 — Today, You Will Write

A Genius !


A genius! For 37 years I’ve practised fourteen hours a day, and now they call me a genius!

~ Pablo de Sarasate

via Inspirational Quote # 531 — Today, You Will Write

Stories . . .


People think [detective stories] more ingenious than they are—on account of their method and air of method…Where is the ingenuity in unraveling a web which you yourself…have woven for the express purpose of unraveling? —Edgar Allan Poe, in a letter to Philip Pendelton Cooke

via Quote of the Day — Alec Nevala-Lee

Ask yourself . . .


Stop asking yourself what you want, what you desire, what interests you. Ask yourself instead: What has been given to me? Ask: What do I have to give back? Then give it.

Cheryl Strayed. Taken from Brave Enough.

via Inspirational Quote # 395 — Today, You Will Write

George Orwell


“When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am going to produce a work of art.’ I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing.”— George Orwell

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Addiction . . .


Creativity is my addiction, and writing is my drug of choice!

Ambear Shellea.

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“There is no such thing as talent. What they call talent is…”


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“There is no such thing as talent. What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous work in the right way.”

–Winslow Homer, painter, American


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