DIY publishing or self publishing means more than you might think. But you still could probably use some professional help. Remember when Home Depot first opened a store near you? In northern New Jersey in the mid-1990s, one of their home improvement superstores...
Friends, I first heard about this amazing book through a pitch on Twitter. Twitter! The Pitch Wars or #PitMad idea was that authors pitch their book in 280 characters or less, and editors and agents looking for new books would “like” the post. Then, the author would...
Friends, So many of us at one time or another suffer from some form of mental illness. The percentages might not be sizable, but we all know someone who has struggled, if not even ourselves. But there’s one mental health struggle that affects 100% of the population:...
Friends, this Tuesday, July 12, marks a milestone for this new book imprint, Lake Drive Books, as our first book (not counting my own) will go live. So I wanted to take a moment to offer five thoughts on what this new venture, almost two years in the making, is about....
On a recent and rare shopping mall trip where I live in Michigan, I stuck my head into the attached chain bookstore. I often do this as a publishing person just to get an impression of the whole of the offerings to readers in religion and spirituality through a retail...