Rick Riordan has become the author that many writers aspire to be. He not only writes books, he does it for a living. Two of them have been turned into movies. And children will drag their parents into Boston on a Saturday morning and stand in line to get into a crowded church just for a chance to see him speak. Riordan told his audience at the Boston Book Festival...
Read MoreLooking for something to do on Saturday? Stop by the Merrimack Media Booth at the Boston Book Festival. And, if you’ve been thinking of writing a book, sign up for a free 30 minute phone writer coaching session.
Read MoreI was talking recently with someone who has published scholarly books and is in the midst of writing another. He is well past the deadline his publisher would have liked him to meet but never the less he continues with the expectation that it will be done in the next three to five years. As we talked about publishing and what it takes, he shared that he’s...
Read MoreI talked recently with an author who believes she should be blogging to get the word out about her book but wasn’t. At first, she said she had just been too busy, which is probably partly true. But often, there’s more to the story. “Writing comes easily for me so I don’t feel that there’s much of a point to it,” she explained. “And I have so much to say but then I...
Read MoreThe other day as I was looking for a repair shop I came across a Yelp listing with some rather negative comments about the service people in a particular shop. It’s the sort of thing a business owner dreads to see. But it’s inevitable that sooner or later if you grow a big enough audience someone is going to say something less than positive. It may even...
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