For years, I dreamed of becoming a writer. The hope that somehow, someday, I’d break into the business led to thousands of dollars spent on classes, market listings and books, hoping that I would find the secret to others’ success.
This Week:
I want to thank everyone who wrote in last week with ideas about what might be wrong with my colon. I would particularly like to thank (snicker) the people who wrote in with graphic details about colonoscopies. Uh, thanks.
Unfortunately, I don’t have a diagnosis yet…
Yesterday, after work, while flipping through the mail, you find a postcard from Author Anne. It’s a pretty postcard. It shows her book cover on one side, and has a brief description of the book on the other. But, you receive marketing postcards everyday…and you can’t pick up the book and thumb through it. You’re not online right now so you can’t click to read more about the book. You leave it on the counter and forget about it. Later, you use it to push some crumbs into the sink and then you throw it away.
This Week:
“I just sent your Press Release out to over 500 Editors by email a couple of minutes ago. Within three minutes of doing so, I have been getting requests for review copies every minute since.”
Wouldn’t any Author LOVE to hear those words? And those words from a BIG Publisher? Yes! Any Author would. And I did, just last week.
I’m researching POD publishers but I’m confused about all the extras. How important is all that extra stuff they want you to buy?
As an active freelance writer, I make it a point to google my name on a regular basis to ensure that my work is not appearing on websites that are not authorized to use it. On one such occasion, I came across a classified ad that was selling copies of my children
JM Writing & Editing / Jessica Mousseau – Mousseau claims she has a degree.
Madelyn Wattigney / Creative Madhouse / creativemadhouse.com – Writer says she is owed $103.32 ($85 plus interest).
Luxury Homes and Estates of Florida / Patrick Torre / Pioneer Publishing / luxuryhomesandestatesfl.com / Pioneer Publishing, Inc. / pioneerpublishinginc.com – There are some pretty disturbing allegations about this outfit and the owner.
On our last big trip, we ended up going to the emergency room twice, once for Max having a bad stomach virus, and then after Frank ran a golf cart into an electric fence while herding cows.
We’d been on the road for seven weeks for our recent trip and it looked like we were going to get lucky on this one. Unfortunately, we couldn’t avoid it…
