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A Tale of Two Books

A Tale of Two Books

It was the best of book launches, it was the worst of book launches, it was a day of success, it was a day of failure, it was a time of joy, it was a time of sorrow. I recently had the pleasure of helping two different authors launch their very first book, with very...
Crafting Fiction – 10k hours

Crafting Fiction – 10k hours

The advent of self-publishing has opened the doors for any would-be author to add their work to the digital marketplace. People from all over the world, and every walk of life, are flooding the market with books. A quick tour of the Amazon shelves reveals an...
Storytelling vs. Prose – How to Die Broke

Storytelling vs. Prose – How to Die Broke

It is an unfortunate truth in life, that most talented writers die broke. More often than not, these word virtuosos die in insane asylums, heavily medicated and drooling at the mouth with their hair sticking up in places. Why do so many great writers fail while...

1 Thing You Must Have to Make Millions…

There is just ONE thing you need to make millions of dollars selling books.   A finished manuscript!   I get a lot of emails from authors asking how to market their books, how to get more reviews, and how to sell more books. Generally how to make a lot of...

Hurricane Irma Update

Hi gang! I wanted to write a quick post bringing everyone up to speed on Jake’s whereabouts in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.   As most of you know Hurricane Irma swept up the western coast of Florida and I gotten a ton of emails asking if Jake and his...

Launch a Best Seller

Book Launch Checklist (Short Version)   There are actually two lists here. One for the author with zero platform releasing their first book. The other for an author with a platform releasing book 2 or later. This post is part of much longer report on successfully...

The Author’s Guide to Procrastination

“How do you overcome procrastination?”   This is one of the questions I hear most often as a full-time writer. In fact, it’s right up there with ‘where do you get your ideas from?’. An odd question to be sure. Seems a great many would-be authors...

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