So you’ve finally published your first book. You’ve spent a long time contemplating whether or not you wanted to use your gift of story-telling and become a writer, coming up with what you felt was a good idea, diagraming plot outlines, writing your rough draft, going back and revising five or six (or even fifteen)…
This article pertains to a small bit of insight I’ve gained as both a father and a teacher… I wear many hats. I work as a reading coach and response to intervention teacher at a local elementary school, I write my books, and I take on editing jobs whenever called upon. But my primary hat,…
Okay, fellow indie-authors. Earlier in the week I posted about the importance of getting your book edited in an article titled 5 Reasons Why Editing Is a Must! But what if you can’t afford the exorbitant costs of editing, and don’t have the eyes for the task yourself? Should you have to wait for however long it takes…
Before starting, I’d like the readers of this blog to understand that in no way am I trying to dissuade you from following your dream if you are working to publish a book. This article is meant to inform you of a very important aspect of writing only. Please be sure to read my final…
Recently I read an article from Books Go Social, a company dedicated to helping self-published authors better market their books, titled “6 Ways You are Destroying Your Chances of Finding Readers.” Feel free to click on the link, but in a nutshell, the six ways are listed as follows: Not having a professional cover Not…
This is a one-time only post. In this category of my blog site (“The Little I’ve Learned”), I will normally stick to writing about personal experiences I’ve had as a writer, a father, and a school teacher. 95% of the time anyway. I tend to avoid topics regarding religion and politics, or anything that could…