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...
by Steve Spillman | Apr 13, 2017 | blog, self-publishing |
You can publish your book for free. It’s true! Just go to CreateSpace (now Amazon kdp), It’s owned by Amazon. Upload your manuscript, upload or create your book cover right on their website. Go through their process of quality checks, fill in a lot of blanks (ISBN,...
by Steve Spillman | Mar 28, 2017 | blog, Books, Marketing |
I used to travel more than I do now. I’ve spent a lot of nights, more than I wanted to, in hotels. When you spend the night in hotels regularly you develop favorites. The “frequent stayer” reward programs do their best to garner loyalty to their brand. But I preferred...
by Steve Spillman | Mar 24, 2017 | blog, Writing |
Why do readers buy books? Why do authors write them? Why do publishers publish them? On the surface there may be nearly as many answers as there are readers, writers and publishers. But down deep are there that many answers to why we do what we do? Oh sure, readers...
by Steve Spillman | Mar 14, 2017 | blog |
I know this post had a kind of negative vibe, but this information can be so helpful to you as an author by saving precious time and managing expectations. And there’s good news at the end, a link to my post about what your publisher should be! But first, let’s...
by Steve Spillman | Feb 16, 2017 | blog, Marketing |
True Potential author Lenore Schur (It’s All About the Heart) had a book signing recently. I asked her to share the experience, what went well, and what she might do differently at future books signings. I’ll share her thoughts here for inspiration. You can take away...
