Guest Post: Ken Preston: Paths To Self-Publishing 2007 and Now
The path to publishing success, one book at a time. I published my first book, in paperback, in the summer of 2007, four months before Amazon released the first generation Kindle in the US. The publishing world has changed a…
When You Talk All I Hear is Blog…
When you start writing for a blog it’s a lot like a gateway drug… or so I’d assume. Having never actually had any experience with drugs or anything like that, I can tell you that blogging quickly becomes an addiction…
My Experience with Social Networking and Book Promotion
It’s not uncommon for a self-published author to want to promote their newly published book in some way- oftentimes too much. Most authors, if they are self-published or not will say that one of the most important things that they…
Breakout Blogger
A couple years ago blogging was a foreign concept to me. I had read the occasional travel blog by a friend, but the idea of an ongoing blog seemed rather…
Blogging and the Boring Art of Earning Income
Blogging can be a hobby, a pastime, a business or a a combination of all of them as a blog grows and changes. People, readers and writers can come and go. The important aspect is: Comments, and the time people…
What’s The Real Deal? My Experiences With Xlibris and AuthorHouse Companies
Have you ever made a purchase and you find that it’s not at all what the company promised? Or, have to ever made a purchase where you wished you hadn’t? Makes a person almost wish they had asked “what’s the…
The Oxymoron of Expectant Creativity
I’m a creative person now love me! Have you ever noticed there is this little inconvenient phenomenon that occurs whenever you are in a crunch for time or under pressure and it seems like you just can’t write? We spoke about this…
“Let it Go” And Write Creatively
How to not get “Tangled” up in structure and embrace the creative process Sometimes the most creative and inspiring ideas come from the brainstorming that occurs when we just write. I have set a timer for 15 minutes and…
