There, I Said It!
Lead With Love
We’re approaching that scary time of the season, and I don’t mean Halloween. I’m talking about Election Day. I don’t think anything happening on October 31st can be quite as scary as what America is facing on the day after November 8th. There is a growing sense of...
Five Reasons Why Beta Readers Can Help an Author Fine-tune Their Novel Before Publishing
Ever think of using beta readers for that new book that you’re about to self-publish? Beta testing is a “best-practice” approach in healthcare to confirm that IT technology is “clean” ahead of widespread adoption. So why should you think about beta readers? You’ve...
Five Thoughts on Launching Fiction
Patience is a Virtue You’ve just published your book on Amazon and you’re getting nervous. You’ve read all the tips from the self-help gurus. You need to be out there connecting with your audience. Promoting, selling, and marketing. You’ve sent off an announcement to...
Tomorrowland
Just the other day it hit me. Something odd was happening. I’d noticed the feeling before. It was a growing excitement. It had all started with my first desktop computer in the mid-1980s. Then, the microwave showed up. The CD player. I remembered seeing it all before....
Five Reasons Why Authors Must Hire a Proofreader
Struggling with the decision to hire a proofreader? It seems like it should be a no-brainer. After all, who can possibly write a novel while they’re busy checking grammar, punctuation, and spelling? Certainly, not me. But as Indie authors, we’re on a tight budget. So,...
Assault Rifles: Isn’t the danger right there in the name?
Okay. I’m stumped by this. If I was in a supermarket and came across a new breakfast cereal named Cancer Corn, I’d never buy it. I’d avoid Jawbreakers, mostly because I’m afraid of the dentist, but also because it seems impossible to get those things into your mouth...
Three Rules to Follow When Launching a 2nd Career for those 55+
I know what you’re thinking. You really don’t want a 2nd career. You’ve worked hard all your life and now all you want to do is chill out. I completely understand. But the reality is that when you retire, there's going to come a day, when you look about and think:...
Social Media—Must I?
Okay. I admit it. I was a shy child. More interested in my inner world than anything going on around me. So my parents considered it their duty to make sure that I developed into a socially well-adjusted human being. The mantra: If you want to have friends, you have...
From “The Liberation of Marcia Brady” to Hillary Clinton
I happened to catch an episode of the Brady Bunch on the very morning that Hillary Clinton was to accept the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. That’s what I do when I wake up at 4:30 a.m. I sit in front of the television with a cup of coffee,...