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…
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…
Is Money the Most Important Thing in Writing
I’ll begin by writing this: I have considered this email and will share it, of course names and information is removed but this email once again touches upon a subject that may writers want to focus on, money, and the…
What Money Were You Expecting?
The question that you can answer. (You might not like the answer) I read about this all the time: people go and write a number of articles or essays online, and then nothing happens — no money, no nothing. I…
What Google Means For Your Writing
As modern writers we live in two different worlds: the online world and the offline world. We have to live in both to have success in our writing. We also face some harsh critiques if we want to sell our…
Writing Blogs and You
While browsing the web, which for me is a rare thing, I found the topic of writing blogs and how to make the reader care about you as the author of a blog post. Readers can find anything they might…
The Longer Answer to Pip Hunn’s Question on Writers
Hi Pip upon reading your comment, I began a rather long one, but your question is so good and so valuable that I felt it was a post worthy answer. So here is your comment and questions and below are…