Great books come from great research. Before the internet, authors had to research their novels for one to two years doing a lot of thumbing through library material and other written material. Reading through Robert Ludlum’s earlier Bourne series, you can see serious research has gone into the book including travelling and numerous expert opinions. The internet through Google and YouTube, has made researching much simpler. However, it has not eliminated the need for well-researched work that can pass close inspection by savvy readers. How can you research well for your book for credible and captivating work?

As a self-published author, there is one page that you should work out thoroughly and come back to it until it is perfect. That is the copyright page. If you don’t get it right on this page, you could end up losing your hard-earned money and probably getting sued in the bargain.

As people involved in creative work, authors are very sensitive to criticism especially the negative type. It feels one feeling demoralized, wondering what went wrong where, and if one is simply good enough for the job. Writing doubts can cripple your writing career and even make you feel frustrated if you think that your writing is useless and will not find any readers.

As an author, getting visible is crucial in making your work commercially successful. If you are in writing to make a living, the bottom line is that your books must sell. They will sell only if the audience knows about you and is interested in reading your work. One way of doing this is by building an author platform.