Author Branding: Three Questions You Need to Answer

Author Branding: Three Questions You Need to Answer

What’s Your Brand? Thanks to the internet, cell phone texts and notifications, social media, email marketing and more, people are exposed to an insane amount of messaging “noise” on a daily—even hourly!—basis. That means If someone can’t quickly identity what...
A Simple Fix to Make Your Book More Readable

A Simple Fix to Make Your Book More Readable

 You Know What’s Missing??? You know the SNL skit—Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken “re-enact” the recording of “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” by Blue Öyster Cult. With each successive take, Christopher Walken’s character, music producer “The Bruce Dickinson”,...
The Inside Scoop about Publishing

The Inside Scoop about Publishing

What’s the Best Publishing Fit for You? “I think I want to try the traditional publishing route before going with you.” It’s a common refrain authors confess to me time and time again. Months later, they come back to me battered and bruised, and deeply discouraged....
Why You Want to Make Friends with Amazon

Why You Want to Make Friends with Amazon

When I think about Amazon, one of my favorite U2 songs comes to mind: With or without you With or without you I can’t live, with or without you Since its inception in 1994, Amazon has become the dominant retailer in the western world. Every month, 206 million...
Six Time-Saving Tips to Help You Finish Your Manuscript

Six Time-Saving Tips to Help You Finish Your Manuscript

Starting a manuscript is actually pretty easy. You just start writing. Finishing a manuscript, on the other hand, is hard. Really hard. Running a marathon and crossing the finish line on your hands and knees kind of hard. Most writers never finish the race. That’s why...