Blogs and Writing: Of Pen and Paper Challenges
The theme is just keep writing. For this week I’ve been hard at work writing, and really honestly writing — as in pen and paper. For some reason it’s doing me a world of good. I think it’s also broken…
Writing About Blogging (On Writing and Publishing a Blog)
Blogging, or at least writing a blog, is a good way for me to communicate with my loyal friends and readers. Part of what I’ve done to continue with my writing on my blogs is because my readers have found…
Admit It: You Want To Be Published
I had a long and rather interesting conversation with a long time writing friend. She’s a good writer, and one who likes to spend hours editing a paragraph or trying to “make the words right.” She has also spent many hours…
What Is A Successful Published Book?
I don’t believe that you can say that the only successful book is one which has sold 1,000 copies, or even 100 copies. I think that you need to create your own personal definition of what makes a successful book. …
Should You Use Wikipedia As A Source To Publish Your Non-Fiction Book?
As a writer of a non-fiction work, should you use Wikipedia for your facts? If you are only looking for a basic answer, then Wikipedia might be the place for you to go, but most most of the time, it’s…
Money Matters With Books: Would You Drop You Price On A Published Book?
My book has been available on Amazon.com and other Amazon websites for a while now, and sales are reasonably good. They sell about three books a week, and the price is about $15.00 US. Here is the money matters problem…
Writing a Book Is a Challenge… And So Are the Numbers
This week I did about eight things related to my writing. Not all of them were as productive as I’d like them to be, but they still moved me forward. Here is the list: 1) Continued on my first draft edits…
In Search of the Lost Ones: Sale On May 16-19
Beginning tomorrow and going on until May 19, the Kindle Edition of In Search of The Lost Ones will be on sales for .99 cents US. The same sale will be in effect for the other Kindle edition you can…