An Open Letter to Jeff Bezos
Jeff, I am a writer. I am in the process of independently publishing my first book, The South Coast. In the early stages I was going with Amazon’s CreateSpace but decided to […]
From Author to Publicist: The many hats of self-publishing
I’m still working on coming to terms with calling myself an author and now I have to be a publicist, run distribution and more. Self-publishing, the less condescending name for […]
Cover Story
The cover art has changed a bit since I began blogging about the book. Here is the final front cover that will be seen on the trade paperback print version […]
OneThing Leads to Another
I’ve spent a few years writing my book, with many stops and starts. During that time I’ve done a lot of research into the brave new world of self-publishing. Well, […]
Self-Publishing is the New Photography
Once ‘professional’ level digital cameras came down to prices accessible to the masses, everyone is a photographer. Just peruse Craigslist for your city and you’ll find dozens of people offering […]
To Live Or Not To Live, that's not it…
To exist or not to exist… To act or not to act… To be or not to be… there we go. Did Billy Shakespeare have an editor? Did editors exist […]
The South Coast
I met with my editor over the weekend and have handed off all of the files for her to begin her process of tearing apart everything I have put together, […]
To Print or Not To Print
Self-publishing has come a long way. Not too long ago it was an expensive venture which included paying for the designing and printing of the books yourself, likely to have […]
Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur
A friend referred me to an invaluable resource last week and I spent the long weekend reading it, in my free time between family and the usual suburban duties of […]
Bleeping bleep
I watched an interview with the late Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, on one of the remastered Blu-Ray discs from the new box set. The interviewer asked him about […]