I can’t believe I haven’t written a post in so many months. In many ways it’s because not so much noteworthy has happened. In other ways it’s because I’ve been taking care of business behind the scenes to move forward. As of this writing, I have my second book out for what I hope is …
Tag Archives: Publishing
On The Move Again
After four months of lock-down, I’m finally getting back into the book-signing game. I’ll be at Tall Tale Books in Atlanta. It will be interesting to see what foot traffic is like – and this will help me determine if it’s time to send my second book to the publisher or not. Since my sales …
Facebook Jail!
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 …
A New Title, and Other Things
The door to public gatherings is slowly creaking back open here in Georgia. I have a book signing tentatively scheduled for this month – my first one in a long while. I’m not sure what the turnout will be like with Coronavirus still on most people’s minds. I’ve started shopping my second book around with …
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 …
Published!
I’m a little late in updating the blog. Miracle at Winterville was published a few weeks ago. I’ve already distributed the first 100 books, and I’m working on the 2nd set of 100. I had a book signing at my home, and at a friend’s home. I’ve also had a book signing at Heavenly Dove …
Cover Art
I’m well into the publishing process. I received the cover art for my book, and I’m quite pleased with it. The cover art for Miracle at Winterville is now displayed on this site. The next step is inner formatting of the book text. The marketing campaign for Miracle at Winterville is ramping up. My wife …
Ready to Publish
I made the decision to independently publish my book. The process should begin within a month, and it only takes a few weeks to have a book in hand. I just finished another round of minor edits based on feedback I received from a published author and an acquisitions editor. Feedback from professionals is so …
Baggage
No one likes to carry around baggage. And baggage in your writing makes you appear less professional. Let’s consider some examples. See if you can find the baggage in each: 1) There’s the house that Jack built. Such a simple sentence. What could possibly be wrong with it? There’s one extra word that isn’t necessary …
Good to Great
From the last post we started with the following book opening, which is pretty good writing: The red Grand Am rocketed along the narrow country road, bouncing from side to side. An arm or leg stuck out of every window, moving in time to the THUMP, THUMP, THUMP of the thousand-dollar stereo. The speedometer eased …