Michel Sauret – Award-Winning Army Journalist | Independent Author Award-Winning Army Journalist, Independent Author

  The moment your book hits the market, you have to switch gears from writer to book promoter. From artist to business man. As a business man, you’ll have to spend money to market and promote your book, which is ...

(This article first appeared on Terri G. Long’s website, author of “In Leah’s Wake”)  I was 17 years old when I finished the first draft of my first novel, “Breathing God.” When I hit the end, I felt spent, like I didn’t have a ...

Thanks to the help of my sister, Marta, who has been acting as my publicist to promote Amidst Traffic, I’ll be hosting a workshop on writing and self-publishing at La Roche College this Tursday (January 17). Refreshments will be provided by ...

Tonight I’ll be doing a live PodCast interview with Victor Gardner on BlogTalkRadio.com. His show is usually geared toward politics and sports, but tonight he will have me on as a special guest to talk about “Amidst Traffic” and the ...

I’ve never been big on New Year resolutions. I’ve always found them gimmicky and contrived. In fact, I can’t even remember the last time I set a resolution just because a new year was approaching. Rather, I’ve seen daily life ...

I don’t care what idioms say, people judge books by their cover. We are attracted to what is visibly appealing and we gravitate toward colorful or bold designs. When I was getting ready to publish Amidst Traffic, I set out ...

  Setting up a book signing as an independent author is harder than ever. When I published my first book, Breathing God, through a print-on-demand company called PublishAmerica, I was actually able to set up two book signings at Walden ...