I was sitting at a table with a senior editor from Penguin. She’d been asking me questions about some of the books ideas I had pitched her. As I told her about one of my ideas she asked me, “How do you know that.” “I just do,” I replied. She just nodded. I thought maybe I should elaborate. “It just…
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Yesterday after a presentation I gave to a MeetUp group, a woman spoke to me about the idea she had for her book. She said she wanted to publish the book under a pen name. When I asked her why, she had some good reasons. The topic was a bit risque. She didn’t want people to think she was crazy…
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Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time on planning. Like a lot of writers, I set out to simply write. My degree in magazine journalism turned me into an editor as well as a writer. And when I was asked to edit a book for someone, I became a book editor as well as magazine editor. I later also…
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“You can’t judge a book by its cover.” It’s a popular adage, but we do make decisions about CDs and books based on covers and packaging. Just look at the dozens of paperback books, cleaning, tissue, prepaid phone cards, and shampoo brands on store shelves. We often don’t get past what we see on the outside. Pick it up. Turn…
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For the last few weeks I’ve been having trouble getting motivated. Not a good thing as I move into one of the busiest and most important times in my career as a writer and author. My book will be released next month, and I have a ton of work to do accomplish to promote it. My business is picking up,…
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