by Susan Spann Today the #PubLaw guest series takes a look at when you need a literary executor (or trustee) to administer the copyrights in your estate. The executor (in the case of a will) or successor trustee (in the case of a trust) is the person who administers and distributes an estate after a […]

by Steena Holmes In my last post, I talked about Street Teams and using my newsletter to connect with my readers. It raised a few questions about newsletters to which I replied “but that’s another blog.” The ladies at WITS took me up on that. So today we’re going to talk about … Newsletters. Some […]

Writers In The Storm welcomes back literary lawyer, Susan Spann with her next installment of her blog series on the author's business plan. By Susan Spann Thank you for joining me again on our trek through writing an author business plan! Last month’s installment looked at The Three Stages of Author Marketing. Now, as 2012 […]

We welcome back contributing guest, Susan Spann, with Part 3 of her Author Business Plans series.  If you missed  Part 1 or Part 2, they're just a click away. by Susan Spann Today we continue our trek through Author Business Plans with a look at Part 3: Marketing. The business plan section on Marketing Strategies […]

by Jenny Hansen Should writers (or anyone else) use Microsoft Excel? In a word, YES! Laura Drake did a post last week about how she keeps track of her plot in Excel and I started hearing rumbling from the Spreadsheet-Phobics in the WITS crowd. What sort of tasks might one do in this spooky financial-y program […]