Self-publishing
Lately I have read several comments by other e-book authors saying that they have given up promoting their books because it is too much work and the payoff is just not worth it. Those people are authors. But they are not entrepreneurs. It is okay to just be an author and write your books, if [...]
Nobody was more surprised than I was to learn that my mystery, Big Lake, had risen to number 23 in the Paid Kindle store, number 4 in Bestsellers in Mysteries & Thrillers, and even more amazing, it was listed at number 76 on the New York Times Kindle Bestseller List! The book has been in [...]
I’ve always been a firm believer in setting goals, and then working out a plan to achieve them. And more often than not, if I set realistic goals, plan right, and work that plan, I accomplish them. Sometimes I even exceed them. And once in a while, the results blow me completely away. Last month, [...]
All of my life, I have believed in setting goals, both personally, and in business. I have always felt that if you don’t have a goal, how can you know where you are going, and which path to take to get there? I also believe that goals have to be specific. It’s easy to say [...]
No matter what your subject matter, from non-fiction niche material to mysteries or historical romances, every writer’s toolbox should contain many of the same things. These include a computer with word processing software (which is standard equipment these days), a decent printer, an up to date dictionary, a good style guide (I still rely on [...]
As I wrote in my last blog post, The Rules Have Changed, I am taking some first steps into e-book publishing, and I will be sharing my progress in blog posts here. I’ve spent a lot of time reading and researching publishing my books for the Amazon Kindle recently, since Amazon is responsible for the [...]
I had a conversation recently with a young man who complained that agents, editors, and publishers won’t give him a break. He said he has sent his autobiography to “at least” six or seven agents and two different large publishing houses, and has never even received the courtesy of a reply. I asked him if [...]
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What Makes A Good Blog Post?
After reading the article Blogging For Bucks on my main self-publishing website, a reader wrote to ask what makes a good blog post, and how to get reader comments in response. Some of my blog posts that I never expected to do much have gotten numerous responses, while others that I considered to be excellent, [...]
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