Hi friends, I’ve just finished reading a book by an author who values “likes” more than sales.  This is typical of the advice writers receive.  Be “likeable.”  Don’t promote your books or courses too much or you’ll get unsubscribes.  Be careful about what you say about agents or the publishing industry because they might “blacklist” […]

Hi friends, I heard from someone recently who’s written a free ebook as a way of getting people to join her email list, and is now losing heart because no one signed up.  She’s written two Facebook posts mentioning this ebook.  I want to tell you that I have been blogging three or four times […]

Hi friends, The other weekend, when my son was off camping with his best friend and her family, Sam and I took a bottle of champagne and pizza to the beach, where we watched the sun go down while a live band played behind us. We’ve done this once before, three years ago, when we […]