Amazing Grace
This is the most powerful rendition of Amazing Grace I’ve ever heard along with a fascinating bit of history about Negro spirituals, white spirituals, and the “slave scale.”
Month: February 2008
Self-Publishing Can Pay Off … Big-Time
Straight from Hel shared a self-publishing story that should encourage us all, even though most self-published authors don’t have this kind of success. Brunonia Barry self-published her novel then landed a huge publishing contract. Her agent turned down the first seven-figure offer from a major company and held a three-day auction. The result: a contract … Read more
I’m back!
I apologize if you tried to access my blog yesterday or this morning and got a strange “file download” message instead of the blog. My Web host upgraded the server and ran into a problem with PHP scripts. There was no virus, no hacker, no danger to your computer … just a technological glitch. Technology! … Read more
Self-Publishing Podcast Part 3 from Authors on the Net
Part 3 in the series of podcasts in which Phil Davis of Authors on the Net interviews me about the Self-Publishing Primer is available now. You’ll want to listen in order, so if you’ve missed Parts 1 and 2, listen to them first. Next week will be the fourth and final podcast in the series.
Your Thoughts on Series
I’ve always written series posts consecutively (as the editing series just completed). However, I’ve noticed that other blogs spread their series over a longer period of time, writing an installment in the series once a week or so and interspersing the series with posts on other topics. Since I plan to write a series each … Read more