"How writing daily for years prepared me for working out and losing weight.” I’ll tell you. But first, let me spend some time telling you about my weight loss journey. Trust me, it’s …
How NOT To Grow Your Brand & Market Your Book
I've posted on my site several times why I don't do review swaps with other indie authors and expressed my disdain for being added to groups on Facebook without my permission, invited to like …
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Don’t Mistake Learning With Doing
I constantly get messaged by people asking me questions because they're "planning on starting a podcast" or they're "going to" write a book. Years have gone by and I neither see nor hear …
9 Ways To Feed The Blogging Beast
I constantly tell aspiring authors and writers that before publishing a book, they ought to be writing daily or very often so as to practice their craft and excel at it. I also encourage writers …
10 Steps To Mediocre Book Promotion
I originally wrote this blog post in January 2014 one year after I started publishing ebooks on Amazon, and before one of my titles got picked up by a traditional publisher and experienced a …
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Should Authors Make Audiobooks? A Narrator’s Perspective
NOTE: I originally wrote this post in 2017, long before AI became prolific and virtual voice became prolific and a cost-cutting (and quality cutting) option for authors on a tight budget. I …
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Kicking You Out of the Upper Room — Practically Speaking
I recorded this episode about 2 months ago and never got around to editing it and publishing it online until now. I shared from an article of Kris Vallatton's called 6 Reasons to Write and spent …
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How Do Amazon Reviews and Rankings REALLY Work?
Reviews by ordinary people have become an essential mechanism for selling almost anything online; they are used for resorts, dermatologists, neighborhood restaurants, high-fashion boutiques, …
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Writing For God’s Glory With Dr. Michael L. Brown
Welcome to today's episode of the podcast. This one was a long time coming, as it had been on my mind to invite today's guest on the show for quite a while, but I never went for it until a few …
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How to Blog if You Don’t Have Time
If you want your message to reach the maximum number of people, a blog is hands down the best means I know. But who’s got time? It doesn’t matter if I’m speaking with someone just starting to …
Let’s Talk Publishing with Praying Medic – Part 2 | Podcast
I was privileged to be on The Praying Medic Podcast this week. Over the previous weekend PM and I had a three hour recorded Skype conversation on the heels of having just recently recorded a …
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Let’s Talk Publishing with Praying Medic – Part 1 | Podcast
I was privileged to be on The Praying Medic Podcast this week. Over the weekend PM and I had a three hour recorded Skype conversation on the heels of having just recently recorded a lengthy …
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Reasons Why You NEED To Read Stephen King’s Memoir
When I was a pre-adolescent, I had an advanced reading-level. I remember my teachers in fifth and sixth grade telling my parents during parent-teacher interviews that I had the reading level of …
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How To Make Your Blogging Life Easier
I just came across this post the other day on Pro Blogger, 5 Ways to Make Your Blogging Life Easier. It is one of the blog sites I have subscribed to for years to get new ideas for both content …
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Why You Should Refuse To Do Review Swaps
For those who don't know, when you self-publish a book, and if you join Facebook groups for writers, you get approached by a lot of other self-published authors who offer to scratch your back if …
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Why Your Favorite Indie Authors only Publish on Amazon
From time to time, I get asked why my books aren't available on the Kobo/Nook/iPad, or [insert your non-Kindle e-reader of choice]. The simple answer? The vast majority of e-book readers use a …
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Writing My E-Books with Scrivener
NOTE: I originally wrote this in 2013 and don't feel like updating it, so the pictures below are very outdated and don't completely reflect the interface in 2026, but feel free to keep reading …
That’s Right, I Am an Author — And So Are You!
Sunday morning after our home church service, Shaun approached me and asked if I could help the person he was evidently talking to. He was talking to a middle-aged woman along with a young woman …
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