We need to fix that dialogue

As much as we’d like them to, our readers don’t tend to remember strings of concepts, statistics, or cold, hard facts. Especially page after page of them. The best way to make information sticky is to tell them a story, to deliver the necessary points, at...

Pity publishing doesn’t exist

I run into writers who do not understand the publishing world AT ALL. Take the nice person who commented on this video. If it’s taking you two years to get published–and I’m not talking about the traditional production process, which feels like...

Success is a double-edged sword

I’m always interested in hearing about that moment a business owner decides that it’s time to write a book. One minute they’re juggling myriad responsibilities, the next, they’re looking around trying to decide how one goes about getting a book...

So you want to create an audio book

Lately I’ve been listening to the book Braiding Sweetgrass on afternoon walks or whenever I putter in the kitchen. It’s narrated by the author, Robin Wall Kimmerer, which makes the experience all the more enjoyable. She sinks her essence into the material AND she...