Chasing Bambu — Why Reality is a Choice (and not an obligation) for any Writer that has Lived Life on the Edge.

(more thoughts on issues I’ve run into while writing The Bamboo Chronicles) As anyone that has ever run with musicians knows, there are many unwritten rules and truths but only a few that are somewhere between the two. One is that Crime and certain styles of...

Self-Publishing Suicide — some mistakes self-published authors often make that kill their books and how to avoid them.

When it comes to self-publishing, there are proverbially 1,001 rookie mistakes that can make it all the way to the final print run. Once in print, the problem is that they’re all expensive to fix and any of them are enough to get your book declined for review by...

The Big Heist — How do I keep people from stealing my book idea?

“There’s nothing new under the Sun.” – King SolomonThe short answer to your question is that spending alot of time worrying about how to protect your book concept is a waste of time.It would be easy to recommend the use of Non-Disclosure...

Staying Motivated while Writing (tips for how to finish the manuscript without making a deal with the Devil)

> If any of you have some ideas or things that you > do to keep you motivated, would you please share them with me? Greetings, Before I go any further, please forgive me if the paragraphs seem disconnected. I’m answering this on the fly between working on...

Is it Possible to Speak Your Way to a Finished Book (the scoop on writing a manuscript using voice activated software)

> Does anyone have experience using voice activated software to write > your books? I experimented with a program some years ago, but found it > too slow. I imagine the software has improved since then.>> I would like to hear from anyone who has used it, and became...