Published on August 18, 2015
book marketing

Most writers have business cards to pass out to interested readers and writers, but what about business postcards? A writer is in business, after all, not only to let others know about their latest book but to sell it as well. Investing your money in postcards becomes valuable the minute you hand one to a potential reader …
Published on August 18, 2015

Just a quick note to say I love the new format of the newsletter. Great appearance and the information is still there …
Published on August 18, 2015

We’ve known for the past few months that our air conditioner was on its last leg. The previous owners of our home built parts of it without permits, lied about many things (like the age of the roof and past termite problems, to name just a few), and didn’t mention defects they obviously knew about. Somebody even removed the tag from the air conditioner that had the serial number, which would indicate date of manufacture. They told us it was pretty new but we later learned it was 11 to 15 years old …
Published on August 12, 2015

Earlier this year, I was able to speak with the owner of Christian Cinema Productions and I was offered an opportunity to write a novel for a feature film scheduled to be released next year …
Published on August 12, 2015
book marketing

My friend (who is a marketing major) and I are trying to organize a book signing. We are considering various things to make more sales. However, to do that, she said Barnes and Noble told us that the book has to be sold in that store in order for them to host my signing …
Published on August 12, 2015
diversify your writing income

With these eight strategies you can boost your freelance career by utilizing the most effective websites and online services to become more accessible, more marketable, more widely read and with a greater chance of landing new clients to generate more money than ever before!
Published on August 12, 2015
Without your professionalism, diligence, and humanity, the publication of the book would
have …
Published on August 12, 2015
legal

I had a not-so-pleasant experience with an author last week …
Published on August 12, 2015

Our daughter is getting married later this year. We bought her wedding dress about a year ago. Last weekend, we went shopping for another wedding dress – one that is dance-friendly …
Published on June 24, 2015

It’s hard to believe but Mason just turned 9 years old. Some of you may remember his birth story, which I posted back in 2006. Or, you might remember when he was hospitalized 12 days later.
Mason wants to be a surgeon someday so he asked us to make him a cake that “is an abdomen cut open with all the internal organs spilling out.”