I just had two interesting experiences with Miracle at Winterville that doubly conspired against me. The first is that a friend ordered a copy of the book from Amazon and received a botched printing – the first three pages of my book contained the first three pages of Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler. Others have …
Tag Archives: Fiction
Sales & Marketing
So much has transpired in the last couple of months! I’ve distributed almost 300 books through sales and promotions, which isn’t a lot by the standards of the big publishing houses, but I think it’s huge for someone starting from “zero” and doing their own sales and marketing. And, speaking of sales and marketing, most …
Analogy for Great Writing
In the last post I raised the question of why I received so many rejections. My guess? Me. More specifically, I think my writing simply wasn’t good enough. How can that be? After all, I placed in the top 10 of the Jerry Jenkins contest. Believe me when I say I was confused. However, after …
Round and Round
I thought publication of my first book, which I titled The Wizard of Winterville, was on the road to publication. I had a well-known agent, and Jerry B. Jenkins had selected my book as a top-ten effort out of over 300 other entries. What could go wrong? In short, everything. My story was targeted at …
Pursuing Gold
I didn’t start writing with money in mind – I just had a story to tell. But when I began to investigate publication I found out about the Jerry B. Jenkins First Novel Contest. First prize was $50,000 and a book contract. Second and third place got special consideration and a shot at publishing. You …
Welcome!
I’m glad you found my blog. This is my first posting, where I set the tone for what this blog will contain. This is a blog about writing, and about the journey to publish. The focus is on fiction novel writing, but there will be content and advice here that is helpful to all writers. …