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By: Cristen Iris
March 22, 2018

All Squirrels Are Freelancers: Business Lessons from a City Park

originally published in Unbound Northwest   When I peered up into a large, bare tree and saw a ...
By: Cristen Iris
January 18, 2018

How the F.C.C. Repeal of Title II (Net Neutrality) May Affect Authors and Other Small Business Owners

Authors and other business owners* have been leveraging the power of the internet for many years, bu...
By: Cristen Iris
January 10, 2018

The 4 Phases of a Book Project

Too often authors approach me about developmental editing after having their manuscript copy and lin...
By: Cristen Iris
December 13, 2017

Own Your Space

TAKING SPACE Some people take space. When they enter a room, they make sure everyone knows it. Peopl...
By: Cristen Iris
December 6, 2017

Who Is Your Ideal Reader, and Why Does Your Book Matter to Them?

updated February 2021 This post will help you to define your ideal reader by asking you to identify ...
By: Cristen Iris
November 29, 2017

Net Neutrality: We’re Asking the Wrong Questions

THE WRONG CALL TO ACTION I’m going to start this post on the topic of net neutrality, but this...
By: Cristen Iris
August 8, 2017

The Difference between Doing a Job and Serving a Role

*While I am specifically talking about editing and editors in this post, much of this applies to gho...
By: Cristen Iris
May 5, 2017

Tracking and Citing References for Your Nonfiction Book

*originally posted spring 2017, updated 2019 Before we dig into the nuts and bolts of tracking and c...
By: Cristen Iris
May 5, 2017

6 Query Letter Must-Haves

If you want to sell the idea of your novel to a literary agent or small press’ acquisition edi...
By: Cristen Iris
July 11, 2016

Room to Grow: Interview with Author and Transformational Life Coach Laurie Buchanan

Laurie Buchanan fascinates me. She has as much energy as anyone I know, but the difference between h...
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