Book signing on 1/15/13

Submitted by beisel
on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 23:47

From my book signing on 1/15/13. It was a great night! I had a good turnout and sold 20 books!

Adventures in Self-Publishing, Part 2

Submitted by beisel
on Sun, 01/06/2013 - 22:14

I didn’t know a damn thing about self-publishing. Fortunately, there’s this thing called the Internet and there are plenty of articles floating around out there. I also found several in the writing magazines and books I’ve accumulated through the years. I spent many hours reading up on the various self-publishing companies and I even attended a class at the UW-Milwaukee community outreach program.

I could go into all kinds of detail about what I learned, but I’d bore you to tears. I’ll cut to the chase and just tell you, in the end, I determined that Create Space was the way to go.

Adventures in Self-Publishing, Part 1

Submitted by beisel
on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 10:21

I'm not a patient person. For me, sitting around and waiting for things to happen is agonizing. Call it a curse. I call it undiagnosed A.D.D. I recently finished writing my first novel, "Spiders in the Sand" (the crowd goes wild, loud cheering and foot stomping). I dutifully read up on all of the steps I should take to get a publisher and thought, "Okay, this is do-able."

Most of the things I read said that I could submit my manuscript directly to a publisher, however, it involved query letters, a synopsis, references, a blood sample, the title to my house, and the willingness to sacrifice my

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