I wanted to extend a BIG THANK YOU to La Roche College for hosting my first workshop on self-publishing and making the forum available to its students last week. As promised, I wanted to make the power-point presentation I created ...
Read More »Tag Archives: self-published
Feed SubscriptionHosting a self-publishing workshop this Thursday at La Roche College!
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 ...
Read More »Independent Publisher selects Amidst Traffic for Editor’s Choice
PITTSBURGH — Independent Publisher selected Amidst Traffic as an Editor’s Choice Highlighted Title this month from hundreds of submitted entries.
Read More »Podcast interview to discuss self-publishing
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 ...
Read More »New Year Resolution: A Commitment to Indie Authors
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 ...
Read More »Designing a Killer Book Cover
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 ...
Read More »Win a FREE Year Subscription to Whitefish Review!
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 ...
Read More »