Published on June 18, 2008
I am writing this quickly because Richard is trying to get the issue out. Wanted to wait until after my Colonoscopy today (it was actually a Sigmoidostopy) to post this. After three weeks of frantic worrying, I finally have a diagnosis. I have diverticulitis. It requires a bit of a lifestyle change (different diet) but I can live with anything that isn’t life-threatening. So, we’re feeling very, very blessed today. Thanks sooooo much for all the well wishes and prayers!!! 🙂
This Week’s Maxism:
“All skulls are bald.”
Hugs to all!
Angela
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Published on June 18, 2008
Lots of authors are turned on by the bells and whistles offered by some of the POD publishers. They seem to think if they just buy this, that, or the other, their book will be a success. Before they know it, they’ve spent several hundred to several thousand dollars…
Published on June 18, 2008
This Week:
- How Many Bookmarks and Personalized Pencils Make a Best Seller? None!!
- The Amazon / BookSurge Lawsuit
Published on June 18, 2008
You don’t have to defy death to write adventure stories. Here are a few suggestions to get you in – I mean out – the door and on your way.
Published on June 18, 2008
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.
Published on June 11, 2008
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…
Published on June 11, 2008
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.
Published on June 11, 2008
This Week:
- Amazon/BookSurge Class Action Lawsuit
Published on June 11, 2008
“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.
Published on June 11, 2008
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?
