I had a great time over the weekend hosting a self-publishing seminar at the New Carrollton (MD) library branch. We had a great turnout of about 50 people, who were all really interested in self-publishing. I gave away two  proof copies of my new self publishing book, which is available for pre-order now, and will […]
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UPDATED: College Park event rescheduled due to weather. For anyone who is local,  I’ll be hosting a seminar, along with my friend Jim Brown, on how folks can self-publish. The seminar should be very informative, and it’s FREE. Ooh la la (free is always good, right?). The seminar is hosted by the Prince George’s County
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Happy Hump Day to you! A quick post today. It’s been a busy week for me personally because I’m volunteering a couple of days this week for my children’s book fair at school, and they were both home from school yesterday for the holiday. However, I did want to show off this fabulous, wonderful, completely
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I woke up this morning to an email from Amazon sent to self published authors asking them to email Hachette and ask they lower their prices. The letter had some organizational problems (the call to action was buried at the end of the two-page missive), but had good points. The main problem with the letter (which I’ll
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Even though I often think of myself as just an author or your average, run-of-the-mill person, as a writer who self publishes, I’m a business, too. And it’s not a sound business strategy simply to root for other people’s stupidity. I say this because I read an interesting opinion piece on Salon the other day.
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I was in a Facebook writing group the other day, and a writer there posted that he didn’t “condone” self publishing. I asked him to explain, and one thing he said was that there is a stigma to it. I’d heard that before, but it seems like it’s been ages since anyone has said anything like
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