Self-publishing puts the author in control and the work in their hands. These posts cover the indie route end to end: platforms like KDP and IngramSpark, what it costs, what it demands, and how to do it without looking self-published.
Book PublishingThe fear nobody names on the first call: spending $40,000 and ending up alone with a Word document. What the engagement covers, what publishing actually involves, and how my clients get to the finish.
Author PlatformUCLA's 2026 Hollywood Diversity Report found that films reflecting the real makeup of the country earn the most, while the industry funded fewer of them in 2025, with people of color and women losing ground as leads, directors, and writers…
Author BusinessEvery Amazon sale hands over about 65 percent of the cover price and your customer list to a company that competes with you. A direct sale through Shopify, Payhip, or your own site keeps the margin and, more importantly, builds…
AudiobookApple Books has 600 million active devices and a customer base that skews professional and affluent, a serious authority-author opportunity almost nobody writes about. Here is why it matters more for B2B nonfiction than for fiction, what its discovery and…
Amazon & KDPClients usually know they want a book and have barely thought about how it reaches readers, but that choice decides control, speed, money, and whether the book does its job. Three paths are worth weighing. Here is traditional, self-publishing, and…
GhostwritingTyping The End is the easy part; selling the book is where brilliant authors freeze. After 54+ books I have watched it happen across every publishing path, the marketing gets neglected and the sales die before launch day even arrives.…
AudiobookMy audiobooks outsell every other format combined, not a trend I read somewhere but my actual numbers, which is why I tell every client to plan for audio from day one. ACX is where authors meet narrators and distribute the…
Amazon & KDPThe platform you choose is not a small decision; it sets your distribution, your royalty rate, your formats, and how much control you keep. Pick wrong and you cap the book's reach before anyone reads a page. Here is what…
GhostwritingThere is exactly one honest reason to skip proofreading your book: none. A typo does not read as charming spontaneity, it reads as carelessness, and carelessness on page two makes readers doubt everything on page two hundred.
Authority Through AuthorshipColleagues told you to write a book; you watched competitors publish and rise. But the cost is real, tens of thousands of dollars and months of time, so the question is not whether business books pay off in general, the…
Author BusinessFor two decades I ran computer operations at Trader Joe's, came home drained, and had nothing left for the writing I wanted to do. I had the skills and the ideas but not the bandwidth. Making a living from self-publishing…
Amazon & KDPMost authors picture readers in their own country and stop there, which is thinking far too small. An English book can reach every English-speaking market, and with translation, every market on earth, and the infrastructure has never been more accessible.…
Professional ghostwriting for executives, founders, coaches, and authors who want to get the book done right. 113+ books authored. 54+ ghostwritten for clients.
Ready to discuss your book?
BOOK YOUR PRIVATE CONSULTATIONNo pitch. No pressure.
Four short, practical guides on writing, publishing, and selling your book, plus the occasional note when there's something worth your time. No fluff, no daily inbox clutter. Drop your email and they're yours.
We use MailerLite to manage our list and send these emails. Your address is used only to send you what you signed up for. We will not sell it, share it, or use it for anything else, and you can unsubscribe anytime.
