by Joel Friedlander | Jul 24, 2010 | Writing
On Saturdays, I often use this space to go off-topic, leave books and publishing behind for a day, and turn my attention in other directions. Enjoy. I noticed the cars lining the road next to the marina, but I was too busy paying attention to the helicopter flying low...
by Joel Friedlander | Jul 22, 2010 | Self-Publishing, Writing
Do you know the question asked more often by more self-publishers than any other? “What do I do now?” We even have battle-tested books that describe in detail the route to publication, like The Self-Publishing Manual, The Self-Publishing Boot Camp...
by Joel Friedlander | May 24, 2010 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
< p class=”note”>A more recent version of this post can be found here: 52 Great Blogs for Self-Publishers.I guess the first really “social” media was blogs. And it was a pretty substantial shift in the media firmament. The idea that the...
by Joel Friedlander | May 8, 2010 | Writing
Did you ever see the 1996 movie Phenomenon? It starred John Travolta as small-town car mechanic George Malley. Here’s the IMDB.com summary: The main character observes a strange light on his birthday at a bar. The following days he becomes very intelligent and...
by Joel Friedlander | Apr 20, 2010 | Social Media, Writing
I started writing as a freshman at SUNY Buffalo quite a while ago. The coolest kids I knew were in English, and the coolest of them all seemed to be writers. That’s where I wanted to be. But once I went to work I wrote only institutional copy for many years....
