Holiday Gift-giving Guide for the Writer, New or Published, on Your Holiday Gift List 2010

Holiday Gift-giving Guide for the Writer, new or published, on your Holiday Gift List 2010 Book Suggestions: Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg Page by Page by Heather Sellers Chapter by Chapter by Heather Sellers What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers by Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street by Roni Schotter Breathing In, Breathing Out by Ralph Fletcher The Art and Craft of Storytelling by Nancy Lamb Bird by Bird by Anne … [Read more...]

The TexTBook, I See Great People! With Video

As seen in Real Detroit Weekly Magazine on November 10, 2010. "Terrance Burney sees in people what they often have a difficult time seeing in themselves: greatness. And, with much success, he is using a somewhat unconventional — yet popular — medium by which to convey the sentiment. The 28-year-old Lake Orion motivator uses the text-messaging component of his Blackberry mobile phone to thrice weekly send inspirational and motivational missives to everyone on his contacts list. The messages … [Read more...]

Can I Be Published?

From Dan Miller: Don't write because you want to make money - write because you have a message you can't keep inside. If other people like what you have to say, your sales will grow, and publishers will come knocking on your door. Famous self-published books: 48 Days to the Work You Love - Dan Miller Financial Peace - Dave Ramsey A Time to Kill - John Grisham What Color is Your Parachute - Richard Bolles Life's Little Instruction Book - H. Jackson Brown The Christmas Box - Richard … [Read more...]

Should I write my book?

As a publisher we hear this questionoften here at Rochester Media. Our answer is usually, "If this is something you are passionate about then you should certainly try." There are staggering statistics that would discourage anyone from even attempting to write a book. There are those same statistics that would discourage someone from starting a business, from running a marathon, or from finishing their education. If we were to listen to statistics in order to make our choices in life, we will not … [Read more...]