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My Personal Journey with Author’s Bookshelf: Empowering Authors, One Story at a Time

taymatameem
Jan 23, 2024
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Dear fellow authors and storytellers, I want to share a deeply personal journey with you, one that led me to a discovery that has reshaped my career and my belief in the power of authors. My name is Tayma Tameem, and I know what it feels like to pour your heart and soul into your novels, only to watch your hard-earned profits dwindle and your creative control slip away. But today, I'm excited to introduce you to a transformative solution that has reignited my passion for writing and empowered me in ways I never thought possible—Author's Bookshelf....

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The Number One Thing That Is Holding You Back as a Writer

charlii
Dec 27, 2023
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As rewarding as our job is, it is mentally exhausting and incredibly taxing. Other than the fact that it’s very time-demanding, it requires you to be in a certain headspace, with no interruptions, whatsoever. Unfortunately, it’s not always that easy to get into that state of mind, and when you aren’t, what you usually do in an hour can take you three times as long....

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Why I Said No to a Publishing Deal and Decided to Self-Publish Exclusively

taymatameem
Jul 24, 2022
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Some little girls dream of becoming princesses. I dreamed of getting a book deal. I wrote fantasy stories from a young age. Browsing the shelves of my favorite bookstores and libraries, I imagined my own books sitting side-by-side with volumes by my favorite authors in the “T” section (alphabetical by author) — brightly-colored cover art, with my name on the cover and the spine! When self-publishing became a thing, I swore I would never do it. That’s not what real authors do, after all! Realauthors have the stamp-of-approval that comes in the form of a publishing deal!...