Digital Technology and the Book Business

Sometimes we “old-school” types get so caught up in traditional mindsets when it comes to books that we fail to see the opportunity forest for the trees. Count me among those slowly opening their eyes. The new social media world has turned out to be a great venue for...

Make Friends With Your Editor

Home►Blog Putting the final touches on a book manuscript requires one of the most challenging aspects on being an author – setting your ego on the shelf. For as many hours as you spend, as much sweat equity as you invest, as careful as you try to be, you’re just too...

Be Careful What You Wish For

As I was wrapping up work on my first book a year ago, “Bodyguard to the Packers,” with former Green Bay Packers security director Jerry Parins, we were searching for a photo that would help the book jump off the shelves. Jerry owned a great photo of Brett Favre...