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by Traci Tyne Hilton @TraciTyneHilton When I was a newly-wed I stumbled across a book at the library about how to become a professional speaker. I devoured it while sitting on the dryer in the communal laundry room of our little apartment complex. I knew with every fiber of my being that this world of professional speaking was the only one in which I could be a fully happy professional adult. The trick was, to get into the world, you had to be an expert. I was an expert in nothing. I had a bachelor�s degree in history--focus �Western Hemisphere,� a job assisting the Josten�s travelling salesmen with his caps, gowns, and class ring sales, a small taste of success as a playwright, a year of Bible school, and some short term mission trips on my CV. None of that qualified me as an expert. So, I returned the book to the library sad that I�d never get to do the thing I was sure God had created me to do. A few years later I was a new mom with a cute baby. I was very bored, so I started a ...

by Traci Tyne Hilton @TraciTyneHilton One of my �made it moments� in indie publishing was the first message I got from an author asking if Proverbs 31 House Publishing was accepting submissions. It�s not. It�s barely even taking my own work. But I knew when I got that message that I was managing to make books that felt like �real� books to other authors.  You all know that can be a challenge for an indie! There are obvious things that need to be done to achieve that polish, like clean editing and quality covers, but there are other little things you can do as well.  Start by naming your business.  Make it mean something to you and get a great logo. If you don�t know where to start with logos, check out Fiverr, it�s been around a long time and is a great source for inexpensive art work�as the name suggests, as low as $5! Once you have that, it�s a good time to check the laws of your area to make sure you have the correct business formation, too. In my town authors are requ...