“To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.” ~ Anatole France There are so many amazing quotes out there that focus on what needs to be done to succeed in business (writing is a business), and they do so in a sentence or two. The…
Author: Karen Cioffi
Karen Cioffi is an award-winning author and children's ghostwriter. She loves to help those who want to be the author of a children's book fulfill their dream. Contact Karen today to get your story started!
80 Quotes to Get You Moving Toward Your Goals
80 quotes to help inspire and motivate you to take the steps needed to achieve your goals.
Inspiration Versus Motivation
I originally wrote this to start a new year. I wanted to start it with a couple of inspirational and motivational quotes. This led me to question whether these two words are interchangeable. A lot of us throw the words ‘inspirational’ and ‘motivational’ around a lot, so I decided to do a bit of research…
Amazon, Your Book, and Third-Party Sellers
I thought everyone knew about what’s going on with Amazon and third-party sellers until I recently shared a post from Vox on my social media. One reader had no idea this is going on. And, it’s going on elsewhere also, like on Walmart’s site. For a while now, I’ve known that when I purchase a…
Starting Your Children’s Book – There’s No Time Like Now
There are so many ‘time’ quotes. One that comes to mind is: “No such thing as spare time. No such thing as free time. No such thing as downtime. All you’ve got is time. Go.” ~ Henry Rollins Another one is: “We all have time to spend or waste, and it is our decision what…
Authors – How to Handle Feedback
Contributed by Suzanne Lieurance We all will need to handle feedback at one time or another in our careers. For the writer, this feedback is usually the critique of either an unpublished manuscript (from an editor or members of a critique group) or a published piece (a review, for example). Feedback can be both positive…
2 Book Marketing Must Do Elements
I’ve been reading a lot of articles on book marketing, which led me to think more and more about what happens to my clients when I’m done with the manuscript. While doing it yourself on Amazon is an option to publish a book, the majority of my clients prefer to have it done for them….
Juggling Clients as a Children’s Ghostwriter – What Does It Take?
As a children’s ghostwriter, I usually work on multiple children’s book projects daily. This usually includes weekends. I also have a family and help with my grandchildren. So, my plate is FULL. This means I do a lot of juggling. Working with multiple clients simultaneously can be tricky. The key to juggling clients is to…
Every Author Needs to Know About Book Marketing
Years ago, my focus was book marketing and content marketing, but I ended up gravitating more and more toward writing, specifically children’s writing. Why the change? The thing is, writing has a beginning, middle, and end; marketing and selling your book is never-ending. And, the information you need to write about changes a lot. I…
One Last Edit – Rethink Before Submitting
Contributed by Linda Wilson Can you look through your completed book without making any changes? I tried it after thinking I had finished up the basic editing and even the polishing. There couldn’t possibly be anything more to “fix,” thought me. Wrong. I found more changes, important changes, many changes. Throwing caution to the wind,…