Audible isn't the only one interested in the niche market of the visually impaired reader. If you aren't feeling too lazy, your blog can bag some of the online market, too. Technology is able to read your blogs out loud to the visually impaired. To be read, your articles must be found first. That's where the ugly word work comes into play.
When you work as a writer and author, developing a split personality is possible. It is actually a highly desirable thing. One aspect of daily life you have to deal with is the pressure of juggling a writing career with your private life. The other aspect lies in the fact that a published author will receive published criticism, too. How to be a bit bipolar?
When buying real estate, you hear the mantra 'location, location, location'. When writing anything, you should heed the mantra 'vocabulary, vocabulary, vocabulary' even more. In its latest incarnation, Amazon Kindle has a vocabulary builder included in the e-readers, and I for one can only recommend it.
When writing fantasy, you have enough traps to fall into. Most of them are of your own making. Don't go out of your way to borrow any more. One of the traps when writing is to concentrate on the main story to the exclusion of everything else. It can make a perfect plot look boring. What you might need is a supporting side story to weave into your yarn.
Many authors and writers choose to self-publish. There is a wide spectrum of reasons for this trend. Many of the reasons that induce an author to self-publish turn out to be draw-backs in hind-sight. And many warnings flagged up to people intending to self-publish reveal themselves as empty threats. Time to look at a few favorite myths that surround self-publishing.
