I can be a bit of a shopper, at least in theory anyway. Maybe it would be more correct to say I am an avid browser. This most likely stems from my lifelong commitment to procrastination. Do I have some writing to do? Maybe I should double-check that thing online...…
Category: publishing
Too Big to Fit on Any Size Kindle
The librarian thanked me for coming in to pick this up. It had been taking up most of their shelf space for a day or two, and they had been keeping an eye out for me. When I arrived this afternoon, before I had even walked up to the counter,…
“Never Write for Free”
"Never write for free." This was the advice I was given years ago when I decided I wanted to become a freelance writer. Like most people wanting to write, I responded with "How do I make a name for myself, then? How do I build a portfolio?" The answer was…
Just Don’t Panic
If you are someone trying to make a living by writing, especially writing books, you must have certainly felt some anxiety in recent years. The decline of book buying in America has been somewhat replaced with e-books, but as we know, e-books don't pay the bills like selling a paper…
Quick Note on “Getting Published”
There's no trick to getting published. With the obvious caveats—that a person has solid writing skills and a fair amount of tenacity—if someone wants to be a published author, he or she can. The rub is that most would-be authors don't want to just be published, they want their book…