by Steve Spillman | Aug 1, 2017 | blog, Books |
Former football player and sports ministry veteran Norris Blount signed a book deal with True Potential last month. I received his manuscript today. Loved it, loved it! Pure Norris Blount. If it crossed your mind that “Norris Blount” may sound just...
by Steve Spillman | Jul 27, 2017 | blog, Books |
One of our new authors, Trudy Colflesh, shared something with me yesterday that I thought was powerful enough to share with you and every other believing author. It’s from a book of prophecies written by Bill Yount, published in 2004. I Heard Heaven Proclaim:...
by Steve Spillman | Jul 21, 2017 | blog, Books, Marketing |
Sherrie knows how to sell books Sherrie Rice Smith is a retired nurse (RN). She has more than four decades in nursing, which includes work in medical-surgical, home health, and hospice care. Sherrie is also an authority in the field of “Emotional Freedom Techniques.”...
by Steve Spillman | Jun 22, 2017 | blog, self-publishing |
Self-Publishing is up. Book sales are down. Hmmm…. The number of self-published books entering the market each year has exploded. According to Bowker (the company responsible for issuing ISBN’s – a book’s identification number) more than 725,000 self-published...
by Steve Spillman | Jun 8, 2017 | blog, Books |
A local newspaper featured new novelist Sigrid Fowler after she signed a publishing agreement with True Potential in May. Her first of two novels in a series, Don’t Tell the Rabbi, Book 1: Three Men and an Old Lady is due to launch later this summer. Fowler, a...
by Steve Spillman | May 23, 2017 | blog, Books, Goals |
Twenty-two years ago, on their way to a church Christmas program most of the Jirovec family were involved in a horrific automobile accident. Some of the family members escaped with minor injuries; some did not. One of the Jirovec boys, Jonathan, was killed. The twists...
by Steve Spillman | May 11, 2017 | blog, Writing |
“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.” Wayne Gretzky I think about the future of books … a lot. I study where we are now, where trends seem to be going, where technology is taking us and...
by Steve Spillman | May 8, 2017 | blog, Books |
WARNING! THIS POST IS MEANT FOR MATURE ADULTS. IF YOU WERE BORN AFTER MAY 8, 1970 READING FURTHER MAY RESULT IN THE DISCOVERY OF EXTREMELY COOL MUSIC AND A GREATER APPRECIATION FOR YOUR PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS AND OLDSTERS IN GENERAL. CONTINUE AT YOUR OWN RISK. Remember...
by Steve Spillman | May 2, 2017 | blog, Goals, Writing |
Prolific author and International speaker Dr. Myles Monroe speaks to authors. He opened with two questions: “Why should you write?” “Why should anyone want to read what you write?” Then he warned his audience: “If you don’t have answers to those...
