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

Words really do hold a magical power. I’m approaching my 5-year anniversary with my wife Heather at the end of this month, and I wanted to share with you all a letter I wrote her (by hand) while I was ...

One of the greatest joys a young or aspiring author can experience is getting published by an independent literary magazine. A few years ago, the Whitefish Review published one of my essays from Iraq. I was extremely proud to be published ...

A few days ago, “Amidst Traffic” received its first negative, one-star review on Amazon.com The review pretty much went like this…

Due to the INSANE amount of requests for “Amidst Traffic” we cannot send a FREE copy to everyone who has contacted us. We have to limit our offer to those who intend on writing a thoughtful review of the book ...

  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 ...

Humility is one of the virtues I admire the most, and one that I try to strive for whenever I can. Humility comes especially when you realize you’ve made a mistake, and you’re willing to own up to it. In ...

My name is Michel Sauret. I’m an award-winning Army journalist and independent author. On this blog I will be sharing my experiences about writing, self-publishing and marketing my work as a writer. It’s an uphill battle. Hopefully we can all ...