By Cathie Beck I wanted a book contract, so I spent $10,000 to get it. Writers are taught that superb writing ultimately snags a literary agent’s eye. Purists often think it sacrilegious to pay-to-play, that we are all Anne Lamotts and Stephen Kings waiting to be discovered. I say: baloney. Most anything we do costs […]

Buying the Dream: How $10K of Self-Promotion Got Me Traditionally Published