Of Kindle, Kobo, and Publishing
Kindle and Kobo are two large companies. By this time, I’m certain most writers have heard of Kindle, and what it can do for with e-books, or how you can make money self-publishing your e-book using Kindle Direct Publishing. Some…
Is The Word-Loss Diet A Good ‘Diet’?
The Word-Loss Diet A Recommend The Word-Loss Diet by Rayne Hall is a good book to read if you are a more advanced writer. One of the problems many new and self-published authors have is working with words. This is…
Can You Earn Income With Online Writing Sites?
If you are a self-published author looking to expand your networks, then tap into writing sites. After all, since you have published an e-book, chances are people will want to read it, and if you are writing on various sites…
Social Networking and Book Publishing
Selling an e-book (or book) is easy in many writer’s minds, they will often believe that they have a large number of family and friends to count on and don’t worry about any social networking sites until it is too…
Self-Publishing, Writing and Pain
Writing is a rather lonely process. It’s also, along with being human, one of the most hope-shattering careers a person can choose. All the self-help books in the world won’t help a writer find their groove when it becomes lost.…
The Legacy of a Dream
Contrary to popular opinion Canadian history is not dull. Case in point: Champlain’s Dream, by David Hackett Fischer. This award-winning, non-fiction book is an exhaustively researched, yet highly readable account of Canada’s earliest years, as recounted through the valorous and…
The Illusion of Emotion in Writing
Humans feel things differently and read things differently “This is such a moving book” or “I cried when I read this” or “I laughed myself silly.” A good book will elicit some sort of emotion from you. Even a non-fiction…
Becoming a Writer
Most people tend to over-think a lot of things when they think about becoming a writer. I am part of a much older crowd and tend to look at life in a much more black and white way. I know…
