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Another great business-of-writing post by award-winning, bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch. She posts a new business column every Thursday…

It’s a new world, and the old rules are rapidly falling away. This latest post by bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch is so timely and succinct–well, just read it and you’ll see!

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From best-selling writers turning down traditional publishing deals and going indie, to best-selling indie writers going traditional, to copyright rulings and other business issues that affect all us writers–

Here’s a great recap from best-selling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch of what’s been going on, and what it might all mean. Read and learn and enjoy!

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Love this recent post by award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch about the many, many changes in publishing, and the skills writers would do well to develop if we want to make the most of this exciting new world.

Read, think, and enjoy!

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I can’t emphasize this enough. If you want to make a living out of writing–not just have it as a hobby you love, but as something that will eventually support you and your family–then it pays to be as well-informed about the business side as you can. The days of being “taken care of” by others or having the attitude “I can’t handle the business side–I’m an artist!” are over, and have been for a long time.

So as part of that education, take the time to read this latest post by Kristine Kathryn Rusch on how the changes in the publishing industry will affect beginning writers. This is the first in a 3-parter, and I’ll try to remember to link all three parts as the weeks come up, but this is a first step for you anyway in taking care of yourselves: bookmark the blog and keep checking back, and also reread all the business posts you’ve missed. I promise you, this is an important part of your education. I link to these because I care about you!

Okay, back to my own work now. Later!

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Hey! Yes, I’m here! Working on a big hairy deadline at the moment, but this new blog post by Kristine Kathryn Rusch is so important, I’m taking a break to give it to you.

No matter where you are in your writing career–hoping for it, working on it, already have it–it always pays to keep yourself educated about the business side. Writing is your business, whether or not you’re making any money at it yet. Take yourself seriously and treat yourself like the business owner you are.

So read Kris’s current post, then take the time to read some of her earlier posts in this series–knowledge is power!

Okay, back to the book. Bye!

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I hope that you, my fellow published and aspiring writers, really do see your writing life as a business. You are the president, the CEO, the principal player, the monarch (in some of your cases)–call yourself what you will. You could choose to just let things happen. To not take yourselves seriously. To [...]

Excellent new installment in Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s continuing series, the Freelancer’s Survival Guide. This week, it’s more on negotiation–including understanding the basics of the contracts you sign. Remember, as Kris Rusch and her husband Dean Wesley Smith drill into our heads at the workshops they teach: “No one will ever care about your career [...]