Where Can You Sell Indie Audio Books?

Ahhhh. The sweet smell of success… or almost success. As some of you may remember, I’ve been diligently working on creating an audio book version of Simply Prayer. I’m happy to say that I’ve finished the recording and editing of it. Now comes the really hard part: deciding how to get it to the public. [...]

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Lulu vs CreateSpace: One Indie Author’s Perspective

In 2010 I used Lulu to publish my first book, Fear Not! Discovering God’s Promises For Our Lives. Then, this year (2011), I decided to give CreateSpace a try when I published Simply Prayer. Although the two POD’s are similar, there are some differences I thought others might like to know about before choosing one [...]

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Brave New World

What an awesome day! I have two exciting pieces of news for everyone: First, thanks to the hard work of Duolit, I now have a permanent web site with a secondary blog called One Servant’s Heart. I’ll be focusing on topics like prayer and meditation, as well as some light-hearted material on Christian fantasy. I [...]

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Publisher’s Weekly Decision A Wake-up Call

Publisher’s Weekly has announced that they will begin “showcasing” self-published books in a “special” quarterly supplement — for a price. That price includes only a listing and brief book description, no review unless you’re one of the few the staff deems “worthy.” Worthy? I’ve read plenty of highly acclaimed traditionally published books that I found [...]

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7 Links That Will Make Editing Your Work Easier

As I work my way through Darren Rowse’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog, I decided to take on his earlier challenge to write a post with seven links. Since this post was originally going to be about critiquing or editing, I went with seven links on that subject. Without further ado, here they [...]

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From Glimmers to Guts: 7 Steps to Self-Publishing

31 Days to Build a Better Blog, Day 2 — Write a list post with a killer headline. I sometimes wonder how other writers develop their books. Do they plan it all out from the beginning so nothing’s a surprise? Do they “fly by the seat of their pants” and just begin writing? Do they [...]

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Editing With or Without a Budget

Editing. Possibly one of the most loathed words in a writer’s vocabulary. It’s a necessary evil, but with the right tools and some help from people who understand what you’re doing you won’t need to put it under getting a root canal on your to-do list. The first thing you need to do is to [...]

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