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Nov 17, 2008, Lauren Reeser

I am a digital artist with a traditional and extensive education in illustration and animation at San Jose State University. My art is complex,

Nov 17, 2008, Weight Loss Surgery Food Journals

Well I'm at it again . Writing food journals that is. This time I've written 2 food journals to market to weight loss surgery patients: The

Nov 16, 2008, Susan Houck--Crescent Moon Designs

I received my first opportunity to design a book cover in 2008. I used Microsoft Word to design the book cover, published it in Adobe PDF, and then

Nov 5, 2008, Livermore The Online Novel

Site: Livermore How much traffic do you get? about 50 to 100 hits a day How much comes from the search engines? very low percent How much

Nov 1, 2008, SiteBuildIt Special Held Over

The special, described previously, has been held over until 11/9. Click the link, or write me for details.

Nov 1, 2008, Discovering SpiritChili

My spiritual journey and road to enlightenment comes through and in the form of acrostic poetry. I deliver semi-sub-liminal messages weaved through

Oct 27, 2008, Crossing the Road: A Guide for the College Bound Chicken

Four high school students embarked on a journey to explore the world of opportunities and possibilities by taking on the challenge of writing a book

Oct 23, 2008, Self-Publishing: Just Do It!

Several years ago, I was literally whining to a friend about all the questions and recipe requests I was receiving from my customers and how I was to

Oct 20, 2008, SBI Halloween Special

If you've visited this site much, you know I'm a big believer in SiteBuildIt, the company that gave me the tools to build this site and others.

Want to see a pretty picture? It's a picture of my other SiteBuildIt site.

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What does SiteBuildIt mean to me? It means I'm never in the dark despite my complete lack of technical and computer coding knowledge. It means a suite of tools that helps me design (and write) a site that attracts the kind of readers I'm looking for.

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Authors, you can use the Contact page to put your questions to me or put them directly to SiteBuildIt.

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Oct 17, 2008, Ernn

Illustrator focused on manga style. Often draw bishonen (handsome/beautiful/cute boys/man). All artwork are CG 2D, sometimes mixed with copic art

Oct 17, 2008, A Mother's Day gift

For many years I thought of trying to publish a children’s book, my mother had written long ago. It was a cute and funny old and familiar story. She

Oct 14, 2008, 1106 Design

1106 Design is an award-winning Team of Ten who can help with many of the tasks you need to publish your book. From title consulting, to manuscript

Oct 13, 2008, wicklowphotographs

Site: Wicklow Photographs How much traffic do you get? Very little How much comes from the search engines? 20% How much money and time have

Oct 13, 2008, publishingmadeeasy.org

Author's website: publishingmadeeasy.org How much traffic do you get? 4-5 per day How much comes from the search engines? not sure How much

Oct 10, 2008, Shane Lees

My style of creating illustrations is mainly done in the black and white media. I use charcoal, led, and graphite. I like the mood that B&W drawings

Oct 9, 2008, To Find a Publisher vs. Self Publishing

It took me two years to learn to write a good proposal. First the writer needs to insure that the title of his or her book tells what it is about in

Oct 7, 2008, Building Castles, Books, and a Website

Genre: Non fiction history and art I have loved to draw and build castles and medieval armies from the time I was very young. I remember sitting in

Oct 6, 2008, I self published and created my own book printing business

Four years ago, I sat down at my computer and started writing a movie script about my relationship with my ex husband. While writing one day, my

Oct 3, 2008, standthebook

Site: Souper Publishing How much traffic do you get? very little How much comes from the search engines? none How much money and time have

Oct 3, 2008, Writing Nemesis

When someone asks me what it takes to become a good writer, I usually grumble, “Enough rejects to paper the walls.” Perhaps that is not a very

Sep 30, 2008, Grief is the catalyst of becoming self published

My journey into self-publishing began over a decade ago. Little did I know the twists and turns I would experience as a result of publishing my first

Sep 26, 2008, Plane Sense and Perseverance

To be honest, writing was not always was my passion. My first experience was when I tried to write some science-fiction while in school. It did not

Sep 21, 2008, AuthorHouse,UK

I self published my first novel,Clouded Crescent:Garrulous Goon through AuthorHouse UK in July 2007.Despite of ISBN allotments,POD has no demand and

Sep 20, 2008, Stand

My journey with Stand started ten years ago when I made the choice to share my life. This was not an easy decision for the simple reason that alot of

Sep 20, 2008, Controlling Your Destiny

Are you waiting for a literary agent or publisher to get back to you? To tell you your work is good enough, a perfect fit, or marketable? If patience

Sep 19, 2008, My Self-Publishing Journey

My self-publishing journey began in the fall of 1993 when I offered to write an essay for my pastor. I have been a keen student of the Bible for most

Sep 17, 2008, cherry

I just draw what's on my mind to express my feelings..i usually sketch it.My favorite is to use a charcoal.I draw some paintings

Sep 15, 2008, Finally! A book I can hold (and so can others)

After joining two writers' groups and attending every conference/seminar/workshop I could afford (including one-on-one 15-minute sessions with an

Sep 15, 2008, 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

Sep 10, 2008, Me, writing a book ? No way!

I never thought I would write a book nor for that matter ever publish one on my own. But certain events can change everything and that is what

Sep 8, 2008, A Virtual Book Tour: Promote Your Book to Bloggers

A virtual book tour is pretty much what it sounds like: online book promotion. Talk about your book with bloggers.

Sep 5, 2008, Self Publishing Autobiography

Self-publishing became a simple decision for me after exploring traditional publishing houses. I joyfully discovered a family connection with a

Sep 4, 2008, Preaching to the Converted

Genre: Sports Technically speaking this is published by someone else - Lulu.com - but it's self publishing as far as I'm concerned because I did

Sep 3, 2008, How I Said Yes to Myself for a Novel 38 Years in the Making

I’ve wanted to share the story told in MRS. LIEUTENANT: A SHARON GOLD NOVEL for 38 years, ever since I was a new Mrs. Lieutenant at Ft. Knox,

Sep 3, 2008, 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

Sep 2, 2008, Workington Dynamo

This is self-publishing only because I did it myself. The novel here is listed as published and distributed by Lulu.com, the largest print-on-demand

Aug 29, 2008, 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

Aug 29, 2008, 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

Aug 27, 2008, Avoiding Agendas!

I wrote Woman Redeemed wanting to capture real women of the 1st century and to portray Mary Magdalene in a realistic way that every woman could

Aug 24, 2008, 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

Aug 24, 2008, 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

Aug 21, 2008, Self Publishing the Truth

When I finished With Malice and Forethought in 2000 and the proof reading was complete, all twenty-three people told me it had to be published. To

Aug 20, 2008, A Dialogue about Authors' Websites in General and This Author's Website in Particular

Author's site: Belize Survivor This dialogue continues from the Comment section of a self publisher post elsewhere on the site . STEVE: So let's

Aug 20, 2008, Is NO Not Clear Enough For You?

I actually started writing after my youngest son started college. I was as green as the rain forest, but determined. I work as a budget analyst, but

Aug 19, 2008, Add a Genre Book List to Your Author Site - Quick Way to Attract Traffic

To attract targeted traffic to your author website, create a genre book list. Just make sure that it's a list your book belongs on! Here's what to do...

Aug 19, 2008, Publish or (and?) Die

How do you tell the person you love most in the world that you are going to die? The doctor gave me the news late in the afternoon and after I got

Aug 18, 2008, Authors, Content Building Means Writing. Targeted Writing.

Content means words. Content building means writing. Read why no one is better suited than an author to write the content that attracts traffic to your site.

Aug 18, 2008, Book Selling on Amazon: Are You Leaving Money on the Table?

A shocking number of self published writers are book selling on Amazon but leaving $$$ on the table! You NEED to join the Amazon Associates program.

Aug 17, 2008, Book Marketing for Self Published Authors: Lots of How To's

Self published authors: Find focused articles on all aspects of book marketing, including lots of stuff you never thought of!

Aug 16, 2008, It's free to publish me?

My first children's book Tales of the Tree People To tree...or not to tree? was traditionally published. Shortly after it was published I went through