August 2012

  • You ask any author that is working on a new project about how many people they want to read their book.  The answer is somewhere near “everyone”.  Millions of people should read your book because, as we’ve already discussed, you’re trying to make their life better.  The more people that gets their hands on your…

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  •   If you’re a writer, my guess is that you didn’t get into this craft to get rich quick.  We all know there’s much easier ways to make money than by selling words on a page.  My guess is you got into it for the love of writing.  For the idea that you can take…

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  • One of my favorite authors is a fantasy writer named Brent Weeks.  His first books The Night Angel Trilogy were the first I’d ever read in the fantasy genre.  Prior to this, I had a misplaced belief that most fantasy readers spent a lot of time living in their mother’s basement.  However, these books opened…

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