Whispers and Warnings For August 17th

This Week:

Awe…. First Carnival!

We took Max to his first carnival / fair last night. He could NOT stop talking about the “rowrrrr coaster!”

Letters To The Editor For August 10th

Letters To The Editor For August 10th

This Week:


  • Record Number of Letters Received About the Amazon.com Best Seller Program!
  • Victoria’s Press Release Class
  • Kudos

Need Co-authoring Contract

I was recently contacted by an agent concerning my first book that I have written. I wrote the book but did receive ideas, comments and critiques from one of my friends during weekly brain storming sessions. We have a friendship agreement to split any profits 50/50, minus expenses, I have but I feel like I need some type of contract signed before I send out my proposal to the agent later this week. I was wondering if there was a website with example contracts I can pull from and get this taken care of.

A Dream Come True By Penny A. Zeller

“Please get your shoes on, Girlies. Mommy has a mail drop to make before 5:00!” I help my two small daughters put on their tennis shoes, grab my stack of manila envelopes, and head out the door.

Whispers and Warnings For August 10th

This Week:

Getting Ready To Head Out Again!

We’ve finalized our itinerary for our next big RV trip. We’re once again taking our family and business on the road. We’ll be running our business from campgrounds that offer wireless Internet access and have plans to visit most of our relatives and many old friends along the way on this trip. We’re leaving Maine on August 19th. It usually starts cooling off in Maine in late August so we’ll be heading west and south in just the niche of time!

Amazon.com Best Seller? Ha! – Part II

Amazon.com Best Seller? Ha! – Part II

Ah, but what a kettle of controversy we stirred up with last week’s article. In case you missed it, we came out publicly against those so-called “Amazon.com Best Seller” programs, which are very good at taking money from hopeful authors while teaching them how to manipulate the Amazon.com best seller database, thus giving the false impression that their book is any good and is selling in great numbers. Basically, these programs teach you how to get a bunch of people to buy your book on the same day, around the same time, making your book, albeit for just a few minutes or hours, an Amazon.com Best Seller in a certain category. You then get to say your book is an “Amazon.com Best Seller.”