I try not to play the victim or Woe-is-Me card when my work is rejected or when it receives a poor review. But recently I experienced a rejection that made me pause and ponder on the state of literature, Christian ...
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I’ve been invited by the Shaler Library to host a workshop on Self Publishing next Wednesday (April 24). I would love it if you passed this on and told a few friends! I will have copies of “Amidst Traffic” ...
Read More »The unfair criticism of self-published authors
I typically hate when people use the word “unfair” in their argument. It has a childish tone, that of someone who isn’t able to deal with reality and resorts to complaining about it instead. But when it comes to books, ...
Read More »Always sit at the bar when you dine alone
I was in the Dallas/Fort Worth area a little while back for an Army-required conference I had to attend. When I go on TDY (which stands for Temporary Duty), I try to check out places I normally wouldn’t go to. ...
Read More »PW Select Book Listing: Another tremendous waste of money
One of my goals on this blog is to share my self-publishing mistakes so you don’t repeat them yourself. I’ve already discussed the importance of spending your money wisely with my article on Kirkus Reviews. Another money-waster on the list ...
Read More »Jump: Chapter One (A boy on a journey of faith)
I’ve been working on my next novel, “Jump,” which is about a boy who grows up in a fundamentalist Christian household where his parents test his faith each year by forcing him to jump off the tree in his back ...
Read More »The silent death of literary magazines: Who’s to blame?
I felt a sense of being buried alive when I recently visited Wet Ink’s website and saw this note: Wet ink is closing down It is with great regret we have to announce that Wet Ink is closing down after seven ...
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