Anarchists Unite!
The city of Buffalo is rarely the backdrop for any book, fiction and non-fiction alike, yet in John Smolens’ The Anarchist: A Novel published in 2009, it indeed becomes center-stage in this historical-fiction depiction of what could be described as America’s…
Roses are Red
An exceptional read within the historical-fiction genre is Conn Iggulden’s Wars of the Roses Trinity . Iggulden is best known for his series on Genghis Khan, but this is also an exceptional book. The book is actually part of a…
Apocalypse Now! Book Review of Station Eleven
Station Eleven: A novel by Emily St. John Mandel, is an award-nominated, Chapters Indigo Picks, Amazon well reviewed, pre- and post-apocalyptic book of science fiction. The story interweaves the lives of various characters, (Arthur Leander, Jeeven Chaudhary and Kristen Raymonde…
Taking the Time to Improve Your Writing With a Musical Example
Writers need editors, and editors need to improve the writer’s work so people will love their writing. The same holds trues with any art form, and Sister Act has one of the best examples I can think of. I’m…
Who Is Your Real Competition In The Writing World?
I’ve talked about markets and Amazon and publishing before. I’ve also talked about targeting your market correctly. The underlining question is: who is your real competition? For many independent authors, the answer is, on the surface, only one person: me.…
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…
Checklist For Successful Self-Publishing
Publishing a book is simple: If it mean sending a manuscript to potential literary agents or publishers who might pick up your book, and sell it to readers. Success in publishing a book, however; is an entirely different matter- the…
I’m Not A Distracted Writer… I’m Just Not Working On My Dream.
Quote by Winston Churchill There are always distractions for a writer. I’ve heard this phrase many times in my life, and it generally goes like this: “So when are you going to stop dreaming?” Even after I’ve spent hours writing, and…
