Every Good Idea I Ever Had I Stole From Someone Else

I just got done sending an email to Scott Wakefield, a friend I discovered on Twitter, who is interested in learning how to become an indie publisher. It’s been my pleasure to answer his questions and get him on the rocky road to self publishing, both paper books and ebooks. It’s been just about a … More Every Good Idea I Ever Had I Stole From Someone Else

A Spoonful of Sugar

I started trying to get published as a writer in the 70s while I was in college. I was enamored by a new Christian youth magazine called “Insight,” and I tried and tried to get published in their magazine, to no avail. Finally, after receiving half a dozen blank rejection slips in a row, I … More A Spoonful of Sugar

Finding Your Audience

From a marketing standpoint, success in any endeavor where you’re selling a commodity is primarily a matter of linking the right audience or customer with the right product. There are two ways to do this. One way is to develop a product and then find someone to buy it. The plus of this is that … More Finding Your Audience

Ducks on a Pond

I’m what I would classify as a binge writer. All my life I have heard that you have to write everyday. That advice has depressed me, because my lifestyle doesn’t allow that to happen. Further, I have to immerse myself into a project before I can do what I consider a good job. So I … More Ducks on a Pond

Selling Your Soul

“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”  –Mark 8:36 I was never any good at public relations. Mind you, I was never one of those who believed that all public relations people had to be liars. No, I know that public relations is … More Selling Your Soul

God’s Billionaire

“I wanna be a billionaire so fricking bad Buy all of the things I never had…” Bruno Mars’ song Billionaire is a reflection of the way most people in the Western world think these days. If only I had enough money, I would be happy. There are so many statements that talk about money, because … More God’s Billionaire