One cool spot when you need a getaway is WeekiWachee, where the mermaids smile and wear no scuba gear. Even a fast look at this quirky spot, a piece of [...]

Indie publishing your book: It's not so easy, but it works and it's worth doing. That's my message this month: that indie-publishing is a known pathway and you can do [...]

It seems to be true: you never outgrow your need for escapes. That’s what stories are for.  Now of course if you can hire a yacht, fly to Greece, or [...]

Here's one thing you have to try, if you never have done it: take fiction writing out for a date sometime and see what happens. Even if you're not a [...]

I've just finished and published the final book in a fantasy/sci-fi series, Dreamers. The scarcity of blog postings on this site attests that this is one of the places where [...]

I'm finding that the most frequently omitted factor in an author's publishing plans is startling: it's the readers. Of course an author needs readers, and writes for them -- in [...]

The current book-publishing market is a learning experience for us all. It is so constantly changing and growing. Ten years ago it might have been true that your best bet [...]

What’s the best investment a professional can make? Financial publications are full of them, but one that doesn’t often make the “Top Five Investment Opportunities” lists is this one: your [...]

Of course, there’s no law against just sitting down and starting to write. But doing the following steps, as soon as you can do them, will improve your focus as [...]

Editors hear this question fairly often, especially in relation to books. Say you’ve written the book you’ve had on your mind for some time. It’s now a finished manuscript, and [...]