Beyond Dreams
One of the key moments in the life of a writer (painter, actor, athlete or President, if you like) is when they reach the limits of their dreams. In our dreams, we are everything we’d like to be, no limitations, … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: publishing
Self Esteem at $5 Bucks a Pop…
MJ Rose, who’s an author and expert of long standing on publishing, self-publishing and publicity, sent out a link today to a ‘service’ I won’t dignify by naming. Here’s a screen capture from their webpage: Obviously, this is fraud. … Continue reading →
Help Me Find More Readers!
Can I ask a favor? I’ve just been informed that there are certain thresholds for ‘Like’s’ and tags and reviews on Amazon and if you’re over those thresholds, Amazon may (no guarantees) review you and kick you into a more … Continue reading →
The Road That Takes You
Smitty told me the other night: the world is 3% sociopaths who run roughshod over the rest of us – everyone else just wants to be heard. This might not be an exact quote. Anyway, the thought speaks to me in … Continue reading →
How Amazon’s KDP Select works
Editor’s Note: This information is no longer current. Amazon has heavily reduced the effect freebies have on your sales rank. So this is now a history piece, no longer a ‘how-to’… There’s been loads of ink about Amazon’s KDP (Kindle … Continue reading →
Committed
Writing a novel isn’t an act of commitment–it’s ten thousand acts of commitment. A vision pops into your head and you know there’s more and it’s miraculous and brilliant, you can feel it right there, just beyond your fingertips. You … Continue reading →
Mindbenders is Free – Again!
‘Mindbenders’ the ebook will be free on Amazon for the next two days, April 21 and 22. So if you have not read this bizarro novel about mindreader spies and their place in the New World Order, this … Continue reading →
More on Amazon
Once again, Jenny Milchman asked some good questions and made me think hard. So I’m publishing her email and my (much windier) reply here because I don’t want them just getting buried in Comments. The most intelligent summation I’ve read … Continue reading →
Sympathy for Amazon
The Justice Department settled lawsuits yesterday with five of the Big Six book publishers (everybody but Random House, who were not part of the original suit) over allegations that they tried to fix the price of ebooks a few years … Continue reading →
Year One: Summing Up
The great thing about the Internet is all the information it makes readily available. The bad thing is…well, the same thing. This blog went live on April 1, 2011. My most sincere thanks to all of you who have come … Continue reading →