Behind the Book: Publish Your Book
September 2, 2026
I clicked Publish on my first book in 2016 and watched nothing happen for two weeks. Zero sales. I had assumed writing the book was the hard part, which is the assumption every new author makes.
Tag: Self-Publishing
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.
Self-PublishingBehind the Book: Make a Living as a Self-Published Author
September 1, 2026
One of the first books I wrote, published in 2017 and heavily revised for 2026. People have been declaring the golden age of self-publishing over since 2013 and have been wrong every year since.
Book LaunchPromoting a Book That Does Not Exist Yet
September 1, 2026
A client of mine is promoting his book on LinkedIn, his website, and YouTube. We are still writing it. The launch starts during the writing, and the plan came from a fifteen-minute break in an interview session.
Book WritingWhat a Book Costs Before Anybody Buys One
August 2, 2026
Most first-time authors budget for the writing and nothing else. The writing is rarely the largest line.
bloggingYour Book Needs a Better Reason Than I Wrote Some Stuff and People Liked It
July 25, 2026
Quantity is not quality, and an archive is not a book. The difference is whether it solves a problem for a group of people.
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Book WritingOne Book Answers a Question. A Series Answers the Next One.
July 20, 2026
A reader who finishes a book you wrote has just told you something. A series is the only format that responds to it.
Author BusinessSelf-Publishing as a Professional Path in 2026
July 12, 2026
Self-publishing in 2026 is a real professional path, not a consolation prize. Control and speed in exchange for owning the whole job.
Hiring a GhostwriterYou Have a Manuscript. Now What? What Happens After the Ghostwriting Ends
July 7, 2026
The 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 PlatformWho Decides Which Stories Get Made? What Hollywood’s 2026 Diversity Numbers Tell Every Author
June 18, 2026
UCLA'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 BusinessSelf-Publishing Income: Where the Money Comes From
June 16, 2026
Making real money from self-publishing is misunderstood. The income rarely comes from sales; it comes from the book as a business asset.
FreelancingWe Imagined a Little Flat Somewhere With a Typewriter
June 11, 2026
I was going to write the great American novel. What nobody described was the part where writing is a business with invoices in it.
Author PlatformI Quit My Job, Moved to Florida, and Sold Twelve Copies
June 9, 2026
I am not a marketing guru. I am an author who figured out how to market books by doing it badly until I got better at it.
SEE » The Elephant in the Room: Marketing Your Books and Services series