One of my former “friends” I have distanced myself from over the years has been writing and self-publishing “books” which are less than 90 pages. It really kind of irritates me that I have a REAL book published by a REAL publisher, and someone else is peddling their little 90 pages things as real books [...]

There is a feeling of loss this morning, as I was informed that someone I had never met has passed away. In 2002 I sent a small query letter to Heinemann, and within a day received a response from Lisa wanting more. Fast forward almost a year… Dear Troy – I’m cleaning up files and [...]

I received an envelope from my publisher, and I furiously opened it up. Last time I received a statement, in September, I was very close to the “break even” point where my book had almost made me back my royalty amount. In other words, soon I was going to get paid again for the book! [...]