Published on June 25, 2014
promotional pitfalls

Have you recently published a book, but can’t find it by searching for the title on Amazon.com?
Amazon, for obvious reasons, does not share with anyone the algorithm they use to calculate search results. But you can make some educated guesses…
Published on June 25, 2014
In California, rural libraries have a ZIP Book program. For $1.00, you can request a book that your library does not have available…
Published on June 25, 2014
writing career advice
One way to increase income is to write and sell more. But, how do you overcome inertia? Consider what excites you…
Published on June 25, 2014
I have just been offered a part-time job providing book reviews for a charitable organization’s website. They asked me to pitch my fees but this will be my first professional gig and I don’t know what to charge…
Published on June 25, 2014
In 1998 I became temporarily disabled, and was forced to leave my full-time job of ten years’ duration. As I regained my strength, I decided to see if I could cobble enough together with writing and teaching jobs to support myself. The first thing I had to do was overcome my personal aversion to “networking”…
Published on June 18, 2014
Max (age 12) and Mason (who will be 8 this weekend) have attended one summer camp this month, and are already on their second…
Published on June 18, 2014

Don’t have the money for a professional editor? Here’s a method guaranteed to help you find errors.
Published on June 18, 2014
Your article on selling coursework absolutely fit in with conversation I had one weekend when my English teacher grandson visited me with his wife and my second great grandchild…
Published on June 18, 2014
writing career advice

Story opportunities are as densely packed as the crab traps that blanket Florida Bay. For the nautically minded writer, opportunities abound wherever mariners are enjoying their boats – or not enjoying their boats, i.e.: treating stinky waste-holding tanks, fixing balky engines or extricating the entangled lines of those pesky crab traps from propellers…
Published on June 11, 2014
Many of you remember Matt, our (unofficially) adopted son who came to live with us many years ago. He worked for BookLocker and WritersWeekly for years and he still does ebook conversion work for us on the side. After college, he moved to New York to attend Columbia for his Master’s. He then landed a super job in Boston doing actuarial work, which has always been his dream (yes, we don’t understand that level of attraction to math, either, but he’s happy!).
Matt and his fiance, Sarah, who we also adore, were here over the weekend and we all had a blast…