It’s a hard go of it if you’re a self-published author, which I am. There is the burden of stigma regarding self-publishing, much of it deserved I might add, you have to overcome, so that your work has to go beyond good. All promotion and sales are in your own hands. It is a well-known statistic that most self-published authors will only sell 25 copies of their work, and that to family and friends. Most…
Freelance writer Luigi Benetton sat down with Paul Lima, author of How to Write a Non-fiction Book in 60 Days, to ask what it takes to actually write a book in 60 days, and who might best follow the 60-day process. Luigi Benetton: When it comes to writing a book in 60 days, what task takes up the lion’s share of the 60 days?Paul Lima: Many people are surprised that they don’t actually start “writing”…
… has become interesting. I remember a time I used to joke with Gary that if I won a huge lottery I’d buy my own publishing house. Here I am decades later and have in fact developed my own publishing house thanks to advancements in printing and distribution technologies. The journeys of life never cease to amaze me. How to Write a Non-fiction Book in 60 Days Released January 1, sales of Paul Lima’s book,…
The Penelopiad, by Margaret Atwood, certainly isn’t what I expected. But, then, Margaret Atwood has a way of doing that, delivering the unexpected. Somehow she delivers in The Penelopiad not only a fascinating insight into Penelope’s version of the famous Homerian epic, but does so with cutting wit, almost vaudevillian asides, all the while disseminating little known archeological and historical background which is craftily woven into the fabric of the whole. Absolutely recommend this book!
Good but not Great Ysabel, set in modern Provence, is a tale about recurring tales, a theme that was visited in Kay’s best-selling work, Fionavar Tapestry. As such, I found the story not particularly fresh, which is unusual for most of GGK’s work. A pity, because certainly this author has a lyrical voice, one that can utterly captivate a reader as he did in Tigana and Last Light of the Sun. The characters in Ysabel…