Books in the Strategies for Success series

-a self-help guide for artists & writers-Writer, Painter, Photographer, Musician, Designer, Animator, Graphic Artist, Programmer, Screenwriter, Dancer, Environmental Artist, Textile Artist, Composer, Weaver, Sculptor...For decades, this brother and sister team have studied what works and what doesn't when trying to convince your Inner Artist to cooperate. No matter what your craft, there are common themes to what works and what doesn't.This is a guide of research and practical tips for working with your Inner Artist / Writer in the crazy everyday world of a hundred demands and a thousand more distractions.

-an estate planning self-help guide for artists & writers-A will or trust controls who inherits what. The Final Letter tells your heir(s) ways to maintain it, even make it thrive, once they've got it. The challenge with an estate that includes Intellectual Property (books, stories, plays, films, etc.), is it has a value that can last another 70 years after your death.This book is a practical guide for educating your heir on quite what they've just received and what their options are to manage it. Topics also include: basic vocabulary, income opportunities with Intellectual Property, the power of trusts in IP estate planning, and much more.Estate Planning for Authors will help authors create their Final Letter as well as help the heirs whose benefactor did not create one. It's a guide on how to make sure your legacy remains profitable for decades after you're gone!

Audio is the up-and-coming market, but the price of entry can be a horrific $300-500 per finished hour and up. M. L. Buchman has recorded and published over 30 audio titles-himself. Here he covers the basics you need to record your own audiobooks. How to decide if it's the best option. When you should outsource the engineering. Why you're wrong when you "hate your own voice." Tools, techniques, and free studio space ideas. A step-by-step guide to recording and engineering your own audiobook. How to quantify direct, and most importantly of all, indirect costs. This simplified guide delivers the confidence to tackle the unique opportunity of "Read by Author."