I'm not a new author. I've had two books published by a traditional publisher. I was a great hit, locally. Sold lots of books around the area. Didn't sell many books anywhere else though. My publisher, though he tried hard, just wasn't able to market my books as well as they needed. He was a …
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Well, now that the agent edits are done on another work, I'm back at work on the second Sentient. I was calling it The Ancients, but the further I got into it, the less it fit. Now it's tentatively titled, Sentient: Insurrection. We'll see if it grows into this title. I'm finally getting a sense …
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"Why should I fill my brain with facts I can find in two minutes in any standard reference book?" - Einstein Our memories fade. Sorry to tell you that. We get busy. We age (again, sorry). We don't stop to pay attention. Subtle nuances of our daily lives, of events we're sure we'll remember forever, …
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It takes a year to get a book ready to publish, if you're doing it right. Reviews, marketing, interviews, readings, signings, etc.... It takes time to build buzz. Right now, I'm working on a review list: people to be approached to give a review. Here are some of the categories, I'm sure there are more …
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