The Redcoats are Coming!
If you are a devotee of the historical-fiction genre then you would find no better example than Jeff Shaara’s Two Novels of the Revolutionary War. For those among you unacquainted with this author, he specializes in American war history. This…
What Hurts Your Book’s Chances of Sales
You don’t know or you don’t care; it’s published and now you’ve got time to do everything else. This isn’t about the people who have just started in the publishing world and don’t have a book out yet, but rather…
Sacrifice and Self-Publishing
Self-publishing isn’t as easy as it seems. You need to forget everything you know about publishing online that you learned a few years or months ago, because everything has changed once again. The reality is that the writing you did…
The Self-Publishing Illusion
Illusion: something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality. If you are a self-publisher, you’ve already read many articles which claim that self-publishing your book is the way to go. It is far easier to create…
Clarity and Publishing a Book
If you plan on publishing a book, you need to be clear. Lack of clarity can result in loss of future profits, as an unhappy reader will tell others not to read your writing and published works. This remains the…
Terry Brooks and His Writing
Reading Terry Brooks is a good way to relax. I have, for the most part, enjoyed reading the writings of Terry Brooks, and his many series. He is one of my favourite fantasy writers, and he is also one of…
Google Ads, and Writers
The Internet is a strange place. On the Internet, when we want to look at anything we go online to a search engine, most likely Google, and use keywords- and then go to a website that we believe fits fits…
Can Social Networking Giants Facebook and Twitter Help Authors?
I’ve written at length about how Facebook and Twitter, and other social media sites can hurt your bottom line or create a challenge for an author to continue to have book sales. Use the technology wisely and it’s good for…
