Attracting new fans. Admit it, that’s what having a book published is all about — getting more people to read your words, know about you and buy your books. And hopefully, getting a LOT more people to do those things. Why else do you work so hard to craft chapters, paragraphs, sentences — even individual […]
Bottom is not the place to be on the learning curve, but that’s where I found myself. I’m betting you’ve experienced it, too – unless you’re famous and have a giant publisher. This is how I’ve made progress in marketing my wife, Loyd Kinnett’s book, Beyond the Affair: The Healing of a Marriage. Loyd and I are strongly motivated by our intention to have as many people as possible know there is an alternative to separation and divorce in the face of betrayal. In this case it was me, but it is just as likely the wife – fifty percent of all marriages are affected by infidelity. We also hope the book will build Loyd’s personal coaching practice and our relationship skills workshops for couples – both of which we love doing.
Sometimes poets have to go far and wide to find paying markets for their work. An area that many overlook and may not even know exists, as far as poets are concerned, is the science fiction and fantasy magazine and anthology markets. The challenge is knowing where to find them. Before I talk about how […]
About twenty-five years ago while a neophyte writer, I wrote a poem titled The Unknown. It epitomized my writing career up to that point.
My hat is off, and my heart goes out to Marianne Mancusi. A victory is a victory, even if the judgment is good for nothing other than printing her next rough draft on the blank side. Deadbeats like L2S are alive in well in every city, every county, and every state. As an attorney and […]
Sleepless days, sleepless nights. As my eyes try to focus on the screen, my head keeps telling me “Just one more little thing,” The only Z’s for me are in the word “e-zine.”
The swirling leaves blanket my windshield like rain, swept up in a random dance by the truck in front of me. Other leaves, not yet ready to fall, blanket the candy colored forest that flanks the Pennsylvania road on which I travel. But I am not here for the scenery. I’m not a leaf peeper, […]
I have kept most of my writings. Even stories I wrote over ten years ago. “Your Missal” (as in prayer book, not rocket ship) was special to me. It was a tribute to my late father and was accepted for an anthology entitled “Gifts of the Fathers.” But, at the last minute the editor made some cuts and “Your Missal” was discarded.
As a professional researcher and writer, I’ve been fascinated by the interplay of ideas and viewpoints that shape so much of modern writing. Op-eds, think pieces, political opinions and tracts, articles on current issues and controversies – the list is endless. A vast writer’s market exists for those who can research and write. As I […]
When my daughter, Stephanie, was 2 1/2, she started thinking about her future. One day, she told me she wanted to be an astronaut when she grew up. The next day, it was a chef. Later, a ballerina. And I always said the same thing: “You can be anything you want to be.”
