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Increasing Traffic

When you’re about to self-publish, as I am, you’re also about to self-promote, self-represent and self-distribute your work. So I’ve been reading up on ways to improve the chances of my little book getting seen – keep in mind this is something I already know a thing or two about.  So I’m only going after tips from the masters.  …

My Book-to-be

It’s time for an update on my upcoming tome about the summer I spent working at a nudist resort.  Its title is The Naked Truth and it will be an ebook for Kindle (Amazon) and Kobo.  I want to put it through iBooks but I don’t have a Mac – a requirement to upload an ebook.  If I can find a good samaritan with a Mac, I’ll have access to the seller who owns the biggest market share.  …

En Route to Self-Publishing

Here’s where my little book currently stands:  It is about to be professionally edited.  This is a step that a lot of people skip and boy, does it show.  You simply cannot edit your own work with the same critical eye that someone else can give it.  It is not possible. I’ve been writing professionally for much more than a decade now and I don’t submit a thing without having another set of eyes look it over.  And when they find something and point it out, the piece always ends up better for it.    …

The Latest Quest

I have a bit of a philosophy that’s not written in stone or even fully formed but it goes something like this: If it’s going to work out, it usually comes together pretty easily.  Or something like that.  In my experience, pushing and struggling and sweating and wallowing in anxiety doesn’t get me anywhere.   …