All posts in category Writing

P is for Price

In a sea of numbers (ISBN, pages, words), price is the most important number an author assigns to a book. Both ends of the spectrum have the same result: No sales.

O is for OOP

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No, no. There is no misspelling. OOP. It is an official classification. You have to ask yourself, Why would anyone do it?

N is for Next

Let’s have an argument. Authors and publishers have this argument with far more frequency than you might imagine. The question at issue: What do I do next?

M is for Memoir

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In times gone by, memoirs were the sole domain of the famous (or infamous) after the denouement of their notoriety. Whether to maintain a portion of the spotlight or to immortalize their side of the story, memoirists were a specific kind of author.

L is for Language

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Ever opened a book and been convinced it was written in another language? Let’s not do that.