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Estate Planning for Authors

What happens to your books when you die? If you create a solid estate plan, they can live forever. If you don’t, then your books will die with you.

No one likes to think about death. It’s not easy to face your mortality, but it’s painfully necessary. As writers, we are so busy building our careers that we forget about the legacies we’re building also.

And let’s not forget our families. They are likely to be overwhelmed at the prospect of managing an author estate. If we don’t prepare them, we are setting them up to fail.

I’d like to share five actionable steps you can take today to get your affairs in order and leave a legacy for your family. They will thank you for taking these steps.

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