Self Publishing – Follow the Yellow Brick Road

#selfpublishing #writing #publishing Publishing your first book is an adventure only to be under taken with the resolve to understand all the steps in the process before you begin. A good friend wrote me recently that his daughter had just finished her first novel and he wanted to know what advice I might have for…

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Self-Publishing Offers Many Rewards

#self-publishing #writing #print on demand #writing Self-publishing has become affordable through automation. Any writer who can design and format a cover and the interior of a book can get published without straining the family budget. Lacking design and layout skills, writers can hire specialists who are masters in these crafts and get a book in…

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Blog Hop — Going from One Web Site to Another

Blog Hop. I never heard of one until a few weeks ago. But now, as the old story goes, I are  tagged in one. A blog hop, as it turns out, is a bit like a chain letter. The person tagged, in this case yours truly, chooses to participate by answering four questions on his…

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Mystery Deepens When the Author is Truthful in Every Detail

  The article that follows was published several months ago on a web site that promotes articles for authors of mysteries and thrillers. For the last several weeks, I have been reviewing books for Norm Golden’s web site bookpleasures.com. Many of the books I am asked to review are an initial effort by the author.…

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Book Ratings Are Meaningless Without a Defined Standard Criteria

I am very pleased that Norm Golden accepted my application to join the group of reviewers who post book reviews regularly on his web site, www.bookpleasures.com. I recently posted my first review. I enjoy reading. Most writers tend to see more deeply than the average reader into an author’s efforts to bring a story to…

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