As an indie author, there's always something new to learn. It's exciting, but sometimes it's hard to know where to go to pick up new skills. Here are a few platforms and courses I've found useful. Some are more about coding, which can also be useful (for building an author website, or a cool app, or scripting something to help you with your writer's block): Absolute Write: … [Read more...] about Learning New Skills (Courses and Platforms)
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Becoming an Authorpreneur: Resources for Creating and Selling Online Courses
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Creating an online course is a great learning experience, and another way that authors can potentially earn income. Currently I have two courses for sale, on how to make ebooks. One is on Udemy and the other on Skillshare. It's been a great experience teaching these courses, and now I'm looking into making a course about dinosaurs, to complement my I Know Dino podcast. As … [Read more...] about Becoming an Authorpreneur: Resources for Creating and Selling Online Courses
Giving Thanks, and Highlights from DevLearn 2016
I recently passed the one year mark at my company (for my day job) so I've been reflecting a lot about the changes of the past year and how lucky I am. I'm a fan of the product I work on, and the people I work with are just awesome. It would take me too long to describe all the things they do and how amazing they are, but the short list is they're dedicated, always on top of … [Read more...] about Giving Thanks, and Highlights from DevLearn 2016
Common Core Standards and Educational Publishing
The Common Core Standards are being implemented in more and more states, changing the expectations in educational publishing and causing publishers to adapt. Recently, I attended an interesting webinar hosted by the Copyright Clearance Center, called Innovation and Disruptions in K–12 Educational Publishing. Common Core But first, what is the Common Core Standard? It includes … [Read more...] about Common Core Standards and Educational Publishing
