It is All Right to Make a Profit with your Writing
Writing a novel, painting, sculpting, music, designing, are all creative works, subject to other individuals appreciation of them. They don’t serve the same kind of […]
Quitting gets a little easier every time.
[Cross-posted at my personal blog.]
I used to smoke regularly. It started when I was 13 with a Marlboro red 100 (if you’re going to do it, go big). My friend D and I sat at the top of a long set of stairs leading down to a narrow path that cut through my small Neckarsteinach neighborhood, and she pulled one from the soft pack. “Are you sure you want one?” she said.
“Yeah. Just give it to me.”
I was an automatic inhaler. I didn’t even know how to puff. I’d take a drag, and then I’d blow […]
The Daunting Task of Marketing
One article in particular stood out to me, “Should Publishers Pay Authors for Promoting Their Own Books?” written by Chuck Leddy. It’s a great read about how authors of traditional publishing houses are expected to promote their own work using their own money to do so.
After reading the stories on how difficult it is to promote your work these days, I still don’t see […]