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Lessons from the best conference I’ve ever been to – #WDS2013 12 Jul 2013 | 11:35 pm
You only need one thing to connect people. 3,000 people came to Portland, Oregon because we had one connection, Chris Guillebeau. We were entrepreneurs, artists, authors, moms, dads, unmarried, non-p...
True Motivations for The World Domination Summit 5 Jul 2013 | 04:29 pm
I cried this morning. When you’re a grown man being misty eyed counts. It happened as I went in to kiss my two oldest kids (5 and 3 yrs old) goodbye while they slept. They’ll look older when I get bac...
Why you should link to other books inside of yours 19 Jun 2013 | 01:37 am
Post 10 of 26 of The Self-Publishing Series 1. Books don’t have to be trapped inside themselves. When you wrote a book you could add a footnote and expect few if any readers to look up your referenc...
(Webinar) – Learn how I did what I did 17 Jun 2013 | 08:26 pm
This Wednesday (June 19th at 2pm ET) I’ll be a guest on a webinar hosted by Kent Julian. I’ll be presenting on how to publish your own book at his Write It Forward event in August in Atlanta so we’re ...
To every author: Your book needs to start a conversation 6 Jun 2013 | 12:21 am
Post 9 of 26 of The Self-Publishing Series Books can start conversations. The first conversation happens between the reader and your text. It’s the job of the author to keep the conversation going. (...
Questions with no answers until you publish your work 1 Jun 2013 | 02:52 am
Post 8 of 26 of The Self-Publishing Series Great quests have obstacles. Self-publishing is one such quest. There are physical obstacles; writing and organizing your text, creating cover art and uploa...
How to maximize the impact of your book’s endorsements on Amazon.com 30 May 2013 | 12:52 am
Post 7 of 26 of The Self-Publishing Series If you trust an author you will buy their book but why do you buy a book from an author you don’t trust? You buy their book because you trust someone else w...
How to achieve a distraction free writing experience in a feature rich program – Scrivener 20 May 2013 | 07:14 pm
If you want to be a writer you need to write. To write most of us need to eliminate distractions. In the past I’ve used programs like OmmWriter and ByWord to keep the distractions at bay. Somewhere in...
What the price of your digital book says about its contents 17 May 2013 | 06:15 am
Post 6 of 26 of The Self-Publishing Series Price…the ultimate question for the author and for some the publisher. Here’s a list of prices and what I believe they say about your digital book. To get ...
Why five star reviews aren’t as powerful as four star reviews on Amazon 9 May 2013 | 03:11 am
Post 5 of 26 of The Self-Publishing Series Reviews are the reader’s emotional reactions Reviews are a unique currency. As I said yesterday you can have a great conversation with your readers through...
