As a writer and design consultant, I often focus on color. A favorite question for clients seeking branding advice is, “Have you had your color today?” This seems like a simple question, perhaps referencing a scarf or sales banner. However, my…
In the summer of 2014, several local authors met to discuss the marketing of what they’d written and published. From that first meeting, Authors Innovative Marketing (AIM) has now expanded to more than 30 Members plus valued Friends of AIM. We…
As an author, one of the most daunting realizations you have, after the immensely demanding experience of writing your book, is that you are now just getting started. The hardest lesson I had to learn, both as a speaker and author, is that the job…
At the age of seventy-something I find I am more in vogue as a writer than ever in my life. The writer’s path is not always easy, but now, I am multi-published: novels, short-stories, plays, essays, poetry, music and more. I say this to…
When authors get together, they talk about selling books: what works, who can help, where novels sell like Snickerdoodles, that sort of thing. They also talk about other authors, and when they do, your name should not come up in the following…
