Books… Gotchas in Book Contracts 27 Feb 2025 When I had an opportunity to move from self-publishing to traditional publishing years ago, I didn't think I needed a literary agent. I landed contracts through personal connections and highly-targeted…
Publishing Designing your own book cover: Artwork 7 Nov 202231 Jan 2023 Designing your own book cover is deeply satisfying, but also fraught with peril. Securing rights Securing the rights to your cover photos seems like obvious advice, but even the big…
Books… An updated state-by-state look at the Who Pooped series 19 Nov 20175 May 2023 A few years ago, I got to wondering how many different states were covered by my Who Pooped? series, and it led to a blog post that is now obsolete, as…
Writing A huge milestone in poop! 16 Nov 20177 Jan 2022 Overall, yesterday wasn't a great day. My tea shop's main computer died during a Windows 10 update, our wi-fi went utterly wonky, my phone stopped making or accepting calls, I…
Books More ABA bookseller collaboration: Lots of participation and a new book banning board 2 Apr 20145 May 2023 About six weeks ago, I wrote about an idea that I gave to the American Booksellers Association for a collaborative forum where indie bookstores could share ideas for book displays.…
Books 27 ways to find something new to read 18 Feb 20141 Feb 2023 Everybody has a list of the best books of all time, the books you should read right now, the books you should read if you don't want to be a…
Writing A new book, and a state-by-state look at the series 19 Aug 20131 Feb 2023 UPDATE: The information in this post is obsolete, but it's all been brought up to date in a new post from 2017. My 23rd book—18th in the Who Pooped? series—is…
Writing Finding buried treasure — that you buried! 13 Apr 20135 May 2023 It's a rather surreal experience. Here I am, going through a bunch of my writing archives looking for a book proposal template, and I stumble upon an old proposal from…
Books… Myths & Legends of Tea 25 Mar 201331 Jan 2026 This is an early working concept for the book cover. The photo in the post header is what I ended up using for the final cover. Most writers don't like…
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