It’s been quite a year for authors, hasn’t it? Every year we say the same thing, and every year it just seems to become more true: This is the best time to be an author. As we enter 2013, I think this situation will get better and better. Indie publishing...
In the late 1990s, Sandra Dennis, an old and dear friend, decided to turn her doctoral dissertation into a niche-market trade book. It was called Embrace of the Daimon. Sandra asked me to design a cover for the book because she had a specific piece of artwork in mind...
We are down to the nub-end of the year, with holidays piling on top of each other in a blizzard of family, home, friends, food, gifts, gratitude, and a new perspective gained from looking forward to the new year as much as looking back over the ruins of the old. But...
It’s pretty easy to make the case that almost all authors should have a writer blog. And some publishers have asked their authors to start a blog if they don’t have one. Out of all the digital innovations that allow writers to advance themselves and their...
Twitter, my favorite social media site, is a very simple service. Sometimes it seems that it’s so simple and direct that new users don’t really “get it” and wonder what the heck it’s all about. But the fact that it’s simple...
