More proof the publishing industry is facing an inevitable overhaul:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/books/28selfpub.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

I began the process of doing my books for the year: the accounting of cost and sales for Grove Creek Publishing. Eye opening to say the least. I'm very pleased to have produced five books for the cost that we've produced them. They stand equal in design and quality to any paperback on the shelf at Borders or B&N, which reiterates the fact that you ( Read more... )

I started out writing because one author inspired me to the degree that a latent talent I had not indulged in since childhood once again blossomed. I wanted to bring the kind of joy this author had brought to me to others ( Read more... )

Though I haven't begun to send this YA book out for reviews yet, I have sent it out to a few online sites. One is www.bookforum.com in the UK. Owner Michelle Moore just finished An Open Vein. I am very enthused because she reads literally hundreds of books of every genre each year.

Imagine being locked in a room alone. You have no food, and the only ( Read more... )

There are so many negative influences out there that can discourage and break down a writer. Each writer must come to a point where you tune those influences out. This usually happens after enough writing experience to know you've got a handle on what you're doing ( Read more... )

Not moving. Phew. I can forget that effort of gargantuan proportions. Which is just as well, I'm under so much pressure (self-induced) right now, I need to slough off what's not important ( Read more... )

Noon ( Read more... )

While I'm waiting for my first order of books to arrive, I'm composing a press release. I'm not a sales writer or a copywriter, but this is a fun change of pace ( Read more... )

The sigh is for something else ( Read more... )

And I'm not talking about that Maureen McGovern song...or having a hangover ( Read more... )