Shakespeare’s Book Release Party — A Small Publisher’s Guide to Creating a Million Dollar Book Event on a Poor Man’s Budget.

For the historical purists, William Shakespeare never had a Book Release party. As a writer, he was a primarily playwright at a time where there was no publishing industry as we know it today. Nevertheless, I used his name for the title because it’s catchy. The...

Brands, Logos and The Missing Link — My Thoughts on What Many Small Businesses Don’t Understand About Proper Brand Management.

When it comes to growing a small business, “Branding” is much like that elusive Great American Novel – people love to talk about writing a book one day, some even learn a little about wthe mechanics of good writing, but no one knows how many untold stories...

Writing, Manuscripts, and the Dating Game — A Little Insight into the Different Meanings Behind Rejection Letters.

Not too long ago I received an email from a friend, a kindred spirit in Writing except she likes to write all the stuff I refuse to publish. There were no salutations or “How Are You?” or anything like that. It started out with a simple sentence: “I...

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...

Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road — more answers regarding grants for publishing startups.

> Does anyone know anything about grants or any type of > funding to start your own publishing company? Starting your own publishing company these days isn’t a costly endeavor. It’s publishing and marketing the books that will hurt your bank account. If...