Until now, as a writer, all you've focused on is the Craft of writing. However, your writing is not the same thing as your business. This book gives you a combination of career and writer/life advice to help you take that next step, and go from being merely a writer to being a professional, from someone who has had to learn all this the hard way. Some of the topics discussed include: DBAs Intellectual property Money Communication Self-confidence 101 The physicality of writing What's stopping you from writing Leah Cutter sold her first short story back in 1997, and continues to write and sell her fiction. She currently runs three business in Seattle: her fiction writing business, a small press, and a vacation rental. She's also lived all over the world and held the requisite odd writer jobs, such as doing archaeology in England, teaching English in Taiwan, and bar-tending in Thailand. Her fiction includes literary, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, and horror. She has a number of novels in print, plus she's been published in major magazines and anthologies. Read more work by Leah Cutter at www.KnottedRoadPress.com Follow her blog at www.LeahCutter.com/blog.