self-publishing | self-publishing
Nov.14.2008
I often find myself struggling with simply getting started on a book project of my own. I can dig into the editing of someone else's manuscript with no problem; after all, they've already overcome their own overwhelm and written the whole book.
Plus, I'm still struggling with the idea of self-...
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Nov.07.2008
To start off week #2 of Write Nonfiction in November, I’m going to change the topic a bit. Actually, I’m going to let publishing consultant Randy Peyser of Author One Stop pose five different topics that she says most authors need to know about but don’t. (We’ll get back to platform building a bit...
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Oct.05.2008
This is a market campaign for a self published book that all authors could benefit from seeing. . totally inovative and compelling. Check it out at
http://blog.coyotesguide.com/?p=91
Let me know if you are compelled to buy the book as well. Linda
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Sep.13.2008
It may come as a surpise to some people that we all have our doubts and our fears about our projects and career aspirations, regardless of how much success we have achieved in the past.
Lest you think that you can totally eliminate the fear of failure forever by being a major success in your...
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Sep.06.2008
Today in the Atlanta-Journal & Constitution newspaper, the largest newspaper in the state of Georgia, appears a great article about my new book Waking the Sleeping Demon: 26 Hours of Terror in Atlanta. I knew the article was coming because the reporter interviewed me yesterday and told me to...
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Aug.12.2008
My new book, 'Santa Fe Dreamhouse: Ten Years in the Land of Enchantment' took six months to write- well, these stories were kicking around for years- but will take just as long to get into print with iUniverse.
Still, I could die of old age waiting for an agent or a bricks and mortar house to...
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Aug.01.2008
I haven't been as diligent about blogging here as I should. However, I've been blogging just about everywhere else (not that I don't love my RedRoom space...I've simply spread myself a little thin).
If you are interested, or need to kill some time, please visit my daily blog, RUAWAKE. If you are...
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Jul.15.2008
I'm an indie writer. Not a self-publisher, not a vanity pubisher, an indie writer.
The distinction is an important one.
I feel I have a close kinship to someone like Ani DiFranco, an artist and individual who has been an important pioneer on the independent music scene. Ani had some mainstream...
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Jul.14.2008
I am still amazed by how many letters I have received from individuals who told me that they parted ways with their employer after reading one of my books. The first letter or two I received in this regard made me feel somewhat uncomfortable, at the same time hoping that no one would sue me with a...
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Jul.14.2008
If you are interested in learning more about self-publishing (and will be in the LA area on September 17th), I hope you'll enroll in my class, Introduction to Self-Publishing held at the Bundy Campus of Santa Monica College.
http://commed.smc.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=1013&courseid=1000
Hope to...
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