Eight Ways to Make Money Self-Publishing a Book
I will be the first to admit that self-publishing isn’t for everyone. It’s a hard road to travel when there are other commitments in my life. The question I am asked about what I do usually involves the concept of…
The Publishing Possibilities are Endless
Publishing anything is one of the hardest things a writer can do. The possibilities are endless when it comes to living a life of writing- or publishing. It does come with a price. There is always some sort of work…
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…
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…
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…
Dare To Better Yourself And Write!
Admit it: you’ve hit a writing rut. A very wide, very deep rut. One that right about now seems to be far too deep to find a way out of it. Everything seems to blah, and so… maybe if you…
The Fan Fiction Launch
Taking advantage of fan fiction publishing opportunities to start developing a following Now that we understand why fan fiction can prove useful to you as a writer, and have discussed some ways in which…
The Perils of Publishing Your Writing
People do not really want to believe that it is as simple as doing some writing on the Internet, and then pushing that “little” publish button. Really, it is that simple. The problem is that for most, it is…