Jumping In With Both Feet
A couple of days ago, an author I interviewed on my show, The Romance Radio Network, ran into a bit of trouble by making a small mistake. Way back when, in the dark ages of publishing, the hard-core...
View ArticleIt’s The New Wild, Wild West
For many years, ranchers branded their cattle to claim ownership and distinguish their stock from another. In product marketing, a logo, a name, a design or combination of all these builds awareness...
View ArticleMaybe An Opportunity?
As I have been going through this self-publishing activity, I’ve been making notes about what I’ve done each step of the way. There isn’t, to the best of my knowledge, any cohesive dialog on what to...
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Standing Outside the Box
Recently, I’ve noted a few books and movies which seem to go against the grain of the mainstream. Books, such as Catcher In The Rye, Lolita, Lord of the Flies, to name a few (others listed on...
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Four Publisher Concerns
You’ve spent part of your life alone, writing your book, crafting sentences, bringing your characters to life. Afterward, you sift through the prose, looking for typos, rewriting, and tightening the...
View ArticleA Well-Sharpened Pencil Writes Clean Prose
Yeah, I know it’s patently false. No matter how much you sharpen your pencil, it won’t make a difference what you write. A quote, reportedly from publisher, Dick Simon: “Write with fire, cut with ice,”...
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