May 19, 2013

The Corporate Kiss

KISS

Again I stand on the verge of a familiar milestone with an unfamiliar wisdom. Feverishly I type away the midnight oil with the sounds of tapping on laptop keys. “The End” will bless the final page of my second novel and I cannot help but to dwell on the journey before this one. I cannot help but to think about the insightful dialogue I’ve had … [Read more...]

Success = Cause + Effectiveness; The math behind all successful authors

So here I am, poised in what appears to be the greatest of positions. My book is released, my Web site is up, and I now have the infrastructure to move a great volume of books with all who dare to share my vision. Self Publishing, Inc. provided me with a formula that made my ideas materialize right before my very eyes. My words became sentences, … [Read more...]

The Artist VS the Business Man (The fight to sell my first thousand books)

Hollywood Drama 101: Fading in from black, the scene on the big screen is revealed to the viewer slowly. The first shot of the camera reveals a dimly lit room with sunlight fighting its way through dusty venetian blinds. Suddenly the camera spins gracefully scanning the walls of the room that are decorated by the parallel lines of sunlit shadows. … [Read more...]