Mercedes Tabano is a freelance writer, content creation specialist, ghostwriter, and author. She has written for magazines, businesses, blogs,  SEO companies and more. She has several books on Amazon in both print and Kindle versions. Her blog, www.ProfitablePublishingPossibilities.com helps authors achieve profits in their publishing. Are you familiar with the world of Internet marketers? An...Read More

Well! I’m sure those of you that follow my blog regularly have noticed I have a new schedule. The way I’m going to be handling guest blogs from now on (since I have so many) is I will be doing Guest Blog Thursday! Every Thursday I have a guest blog, one will be posted. That...Read More

Authors have a lot of people hawking services to them from the minute they start to the minute they finish. There are people out there that will do everything from sitting with you step by step, to marketing your book, to rewriting the damn thing for you. And probably wiping your nose while they do...Read More

I’ve been noticing a huge trend amonst authors these days: an interest and desire to self publish. It’s a double edged sword and the decision to self publish shouldn’t be made without some serious considerations. I think it’s a very valid way of doing things and would encourage it, but only if you have the...Read More

I was talking with a young writer I met this week and he told me that it’s gotten to the point where he genuinely doesn’t believe he can write anything that an acquisitions editor would want to read. I’ve tried to encourage him a bit, but it got me to thinking that that is probably...Read More

Forgive the late blog post, between trying to get Dragon’s Teeth on the shelves and losing power on the storm that the media is nicknaming “Snowtober” we’ve been running a little busy over in the world of Divertir! The first thing I’m going to mention is that our second novel is available for purchase from...Read More

Sorry about missing my last blog entry, I had a particularly nasty bug and spent the last two weeks fighting it in valiant battle. Fortunately, it has been vanquished, so I’m back and in your computer again, delivering my bi-weekly advice! This week’s installment is about cover art and its importance. While most of us...Read More

I recently received a comment from someone on one of my entries where they stated that “editing is such a subjective talent”. It’s accurate, to a degree, but it can also be said that writing is a subjective talent as well. As with any art, everybody has their own tastes and preferences; some people prefer...Read More

I apologize for missing last week’s blog entry, I have been fighting with deadlines to get Dragon’s Teeth finished in time for us to copy-edit it and get it to the printers! The good news is that it looks like we’ll make it, the bad news is that it means I don’t get to sleep....Read More

Many authors come against a wall, eventually, when they start working to get published. This wall is called the “oh my God, this is actually work?” wall. Okay, well maybe it isn’t the official title, I’m sure I’ll think of something snappy later. Most writers think about how great it would be to be the...Read More