Writing is the easy part 
Genre: Science Fiction

I finished my science fiction masterpiece, The Staff of Rahgorra, in 2007. I did not shop it around. My plan right from the beginning ...

Don't waste your time; Go with a POD  
Genre: Fiction, Mystery

My advice is to go with a Print On Demand (POD) publisher.

After years and years of pounding my head against the wall trying ...

Writing With A Sense of Destiny 
Genre: Street Lit

My writing journey began in 1980, when I was in Los Angeles waiting for a job to come through. When it did, my focus was not there....

Partnership Publishing in the UK 
Genre: Science Fiction

Taking the Middle Road: Partnership Publishing

Having written my Science Fiction book I had to decide if it was it worth ...

Book P.R.: What Works 
Genre: short stories from a dog's perspective

PR: What works? An Author’s Perspective

My name is Kristie Jones and I am a first time author. My ...

Self Published and Proud 
Genre: Fantasy Fiction

"Don't Do It!" screamed the Guild.

I decided to begin my writing journey 3 years ago and did not start small. I wrote ...

Fan Fiction Becomes Much More 
Genre: Romantic fantasy

A goat goes slowly on its way

I'm a Capricorn, a goat that will reach the mountain -- one day, if the astrologer is to ...

Publishing Horror POD 
Genre: Horror

I got interested in the horror field at an early age. This was because my grandmother, Bernadine Johnson, was a Swedish immigrant and ...

Outdoorsman Short Stories 
Genre: Short Stories

I’m writing this about "Of A Predatory Heart" for seasoned woodsman, Joe Parry. Joe is just what he appears to be, a blue-collar,...

Writing. A cathartic experience for me. 
Genre: Fiction, suspense/thriller, action/adventure

In 2003 my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer and my dear dad had trouble dealing with it so ...

Blogging My Way Along 
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure

Hello everyone! I am in the process of writing the fantasy/adventure novel, “Daughters of Qora”. I developed the storyline ...

Self Publishing Because of Subject Matter 
Genre: Contemporary Romance

I started my writing career in 2004 and got picked up by mainstream publishing. Tina published - a trilogy, actually - with ...

My First Self-Publishing Experience  
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Hello Everyone! My name is Carrie J. Keaton and am the first-time, self-published author of a contemporary romance novel ...

Tales of NShalain 
Genre: Science Fiction

I have been reading science fiction of all types for over forty years, from Jules Verne up to the present. Some of it was and ...

Start Where You Are 
Genre: anthology

Most writers start on the MOON, way out there in space. Then, with experience, they gradually work their way back down to earth. I ...

Dos and Don'ts In Self Publishing 
Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, African American

I was so proud of myself; my first novel was picked up by C&B Book Distribution. They asked that ...

Is it a Route You Really Want to Take? 
Genre: Historical Fiction

When my first novel was complete (The Better Angels) an entertainment lawyer/agent took it on but was unable to find a suitable ...

roll of the dice 
Genre: Suspense thriller

I started my writing on 9/14/01. Just after the WTC attacks I was rearended by another driver, which left me unable to do ...

Taking 'Tinna's Promise' to the World 
Genre: Fantasy

Choosing to self-publish was decidedly a tough decision for me. I think it is for many authors. We all aspire to have or work chosen ...

Do-It-Yourself, When Nobody Else Will 
Genre: Romantic Fiction.

You've done it. You've written your book the best that you could and now you wait. Anticipation is killing you as you ask yourself:...

From author to award-winning publisher. It can be done! 
Genre: Historical Fiction

Where does one begin? It all seems a bit of a blur, but I'll try to start at the beginning.

I guess I chose the independent ...

Thump! 
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

THUMP!

I'll never forget that sound. The cushioned impact of a heavy bubble wrap envelope hitting the hall carpet.

I ...

Getting Off the Publishing Merry-go round 
Genre: Suspense Fiction

Facing the 'empty nest syndrome' when the last of my children left home, and fearing that I was becoming 'brain dead' I accepted ...

Doing Better the Second Time Around 
Genre: fantasy romance

The Heart of a Fox is my second self-published novel. I guess you could say that I got burned enough on the first try that I'...

A Futuristic Journey 
Genre: Science Fiction

As a young child, I often wondered if people in Heaven could return to an Earth-like life. As a teenager, I played with the idea ...

Fear and Loathing in the Land of Self-Publishing 
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure

I certainly never set out to be a self-published author. After two and a half years and over eighty rejections and ...

Never give in, never give up! 
Genre: Urban Thriller

I knew I wanted to be a writer since my teens and I was determined it was going to happen. It wasn’t until I moved to Greece that ...

Dream Weaver-From Dream To Reality 
Genre: Romance,suspense, thriller, mystery, fiction

Almost a year ago I left my rather popular fanfiction behind and wrote an all-original novel that ...

How I Connected With My Niche Audience 
Genre: Thriller

As is typical of first novels, The Champion Maker tells the story I was burning to share with the world. A former world-class runner,...

How I found the Lulu experience 
Genre: Science Fiction

PRISM - Exiles was my second great big THANKS to publication, my first being a ‘giveaway' ebook (The Cookie Tin) that I used ...

Growth And Change Made Me A Better Writer 
Genre: Inspirational Romance and Mysteries

I started writing as a youth with simple tales with silly titles, like “The Upside Down Statue.” These stories ...

A Walk in the Lonely World of POD 
Genre: fiction/thriller

After several years of trying to find a publisher for my book, Northern Cross, I finally stumbled onto a print-on-demand (POD)...

Story of “Gauntlet” 
Genre: Action/Adventure

I’m 33-years-old. I’ve been a comic book fan/reader/collector for most of my life. I’m also an novelist/screenwriter. So, it’...

The Last Resort 
Genre: Fantasy

Self-publishing was certainly not my first choice. I'm not "proud" of being self-published. I am proud that I've been careful when choosing ...

Self-Publishing, not easy 
Genre: Fiction

When I started writing I had no idea I would continue on and have not one but three books published.

I just had some thoughts and ...

Patience is key when dealing with Publishers  
Genre: Fantasy

My writing happens when I cannot sleep. Then I am at my computer typing away. I always thought of myself more of a poet and have written ...

A. C. Ellis - Science Fiction and Mystery/Suspense 
Genre: Science Fiction and Mystery/Suspense

In the 1980's I had two traditionally published science fiction novels (Death Jag, published by Manor Books ...

self publishing - is it worth it? 
Genre: crime/thriller

My novel "Abandoned" has been published by LULU , a print on demand, or 'POD' company and in my experience, although it has proved ...

How a published author expanded sales through print-on-demand publishing 
Genre: Humorous Fiction

Before I wrote "The Buffie Brigade," I had sold four books to commercial publishers so I was quite cocky that I could write ...

My experience of Books 
Fiction and Non-Fiction

I started writing at the age of sixty-nine after retiring from a Telecommunications Company. A year after retirement my wife ...

Publishing Cursed Blood, my first book 
Genre: Horror with Supernatural Romance

I had been writing for 18 years before my first book was published. At this point, I really knew nothing and ...

Self-Published Authors, Stop Doing This! 
Genre: Thriller

Authors choose to self-publish for a host of reasons. I think most of us have a sense of pride in our work that we don't want compromised ...

Learning Curve for Concubine 
Genre: Historical Fiction

‘My Splendid Concubine’ is historical fiction. Although I started writing this novel (based on fact) in 1999, it is really ...

Know your market 
Genre: historical fiction and psychological thriller

I have two self-published books, Lincoln in the Basement and Sins of the Family with two different ...

Writing is an art but publishing is a business 
Genre:Mystery/Police Procedural

Writing is an art but publishing is a business--we've all heard this before because it's as valid as "show, don't tell....

Self Publishing: Look Before You Leap  
After writing textbooks, academic articles, and op-ed pieces for 25 years I decided to try my hand at fiction. The thought of penning a novel was intimidating ...

Coming at it sideways 
genre: historical/western

I came into POD publishing kind of sideways - through the medium of blogging. I am a contributor since 2002 to a pretty-widely ...

Caterino Publishing, from Idea to Reality 
Genre: Horror

Caterino Publishing is one story, I thought I would keep under wraps, until now. Well, if you really need to hear it, I warn you, it ...

The Journey 
Historical Fiction

When I decided the art world of painting held too many politics to pursue, I never dreamed that I would become a writer and have ...

Self publishing, podcasting and me 
Genre: Science Fiction

My name is Brian holtz and I have written two novels and I am working on a third. I have written seven shorter works of various ...

You're Never Too Old ! 
Genre: Thriller

Let's admit it, no matter how good your novel may be, there is little chance that some publisher will take it, pay anything for it, and ...

The Road to Self Publishing  
Genre: Mystery and thriller

I am Tracy B. Evans, and I am a self published author. In this excerpt, I will take you on my journey of how I became an ...

A Novel of Good Exacting Evil 
Fiction Genre: Thriller

I am a retired New York State Trooper; I write about crime and punishment in a world where the good guy always wins and the ...

Live and Learn 
Genre: Cozy mysteries with a touch of humor

After months of researching the bewildering plethora of self publishing companies listed on-line, I managed ...

Published at last 
Like many other SPAs, I turned to self-publishing after getting rejected by every agent and publisher that handles my genre (scifi). In many of those cases,...

A Long, Hard Road... 
Detective Fiction, thru Lulu

Publishing a book didn't prove to be as hard, as it was long. Being my first publication, I had no idea where to even ...

Inspired by the True Events of World War II 
Genre: Historical Fiction

On February 19, 1945, when World War II was about to end, saltwater crocodiles killed nearly a thousand Japanese infantrymen ...