COMMUNICATION: THE LIFE BLOOD OF YOUR RELATIONSHIPS

Good relationships are built upon mutual respect, values you hold in common, and one other big thing: COMMUNICATION. Without communication you have no way to even discover your mutual respect or the values that you hold in common. And you have no way to discover ways you might magnify each other’s...

Children’s Book Series Spark a Lifelong Love of Reading

Original article published on www.apricothill.com. by Lacey Reeces Solving mysteries one letter of the alphabet at a time, Ruth Rose Hathaway, Dink Duncan and Josh Pinto never cease to entertain in all 26 titles of the A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy. Younger readers easily relate to the nine year old...

Blogging is a Goldmine for Self-published Authors

by Sherrie Wilkolaski I think I have a little crush on blogging. Actually I believe it is a serious crush. My new passion. I’ve fallen in love with writing again, after having been absent from it for such a long time. A (broadcast) journalist by design, courtesy of Buffalo State College and my parents gift...

The Value of Book Fairs for Independent Authors

By Seth Dellon The term “book fair” likely conjures up different images for different people. Even for me–after attending nearly a hundred book fairs and publishing industry trade shows over the past 5 plus years–I have a rolodex of images in my head representing book fairs that go...

Book Signing Checklist for Authors

by Sherrie Wilkolaski Launching a new book is exciting and it is the ideal time to do book signings. Authors can do a book signing at just about any time and probably for the life their book, as long as it makes sense. Here is a quick checklist of items to get you prepared for book signing. Preparing for the...

May I Have the Name of The Book Buyer?

by Amy Collins Today an author whom I do not know called and asked me for the names of my buyers so she could follow up on the presentations with new information. She is concerned that her publisher rep is not pitching her book “properly”. There is a lot of new information and media updates and the rep...