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Christmas Need List
I was out shopping and feeling a little overwhelmed by the financial pressure of the holiday season. Organizations begging for donation money. My shopping list for friends and family and my own...
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Failure Analysis
Whenever the New Year rolls around everyone gets caught up in the newness of a potentially fresh start. Many are busy fashioning resolutions or, the new trend, picking a word to focus on for the rest...
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Five Possible Reasons Why I Didn’t Endorse Your Novel
This title could also be used for a few other things. Why I didn’t influence for your novel. Why I didn’t review your novel. I’m going to go from the most important reason to the least. I think it’s...
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How I Discover New Books– Hint, Not in a Bookstore
It’s been said that the reason an author should stick to traditional publishing is book discoverability and distribution by way of a publisher’s marketing budget and sales staff. I was fortunate to get...
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Winning Writing Contests
I’ve both entered and judged several writing contests over the last four years. Not only that, but have been asked to review a myriad of early manuscripts for newer writers. Most recently, I entered...
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Dangerous Curves Ahead
You hear a lot in writing circles in regards to the pursuit of publication—just persevere. Keep at it. You’ll get there. I heard this a lot when I was going for my ultimate job in nursing. I really...
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Mars versus Venus: Attracting Readers of the Opposite Sex 1/2
A couple of months ago, I noticed that Peter posted to FaceBook a blog post that he and some other male authors had written giving reasons why females should read their novels. I’d been feeling this...
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Mars versus Venus: Attracting Readers of the Opposite Sex 2/2
Today, we’re continuing our discussion on reading novels by the opposite sex and what we can learn from that experience. Western historical author Peter Leavell talks about his experience reading my...
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When is it Good to Indie Publish?
When I first began going to writers conferences around 2003, vanity publishing (where you pay someone to produce your book) was considered only a dire writer’s avenue to get his poorly written...
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Surviving the Valley
You hear a lot on the writing journey that it’s filled with highs and lows—probably more so in publishing because it’s rapidly changing and I personally wouldn’t consider any part of the industry...
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