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  • Old Books Live

    It’s not dead yet! Don’t give up on books you wrote years ago. One of my popular books is selling again. There was a hiatus, but Walking Drinking Thinking Across Scotland is selling with almost no effort from me. Thanks. Writers can make up (or rephrase) stories that become books. Authors are writers who’ve written…

  • To Play With Scammers Or Not

    OK. Officially, do not play with phone scammers. The US government says so. You may not be surprised that I do not always do what I am supposed to do, or not supposed to do. As a self-published author, I receive frequent spam and probably scam calls. I actually answer them, partly because I have…

  • Authors Help Writers

    There was something worth tweeting about. I surprise many writers by being willing to meet for free. Free? They get confused. I’m not surprised. One of my favorite ways to confuse people is by doing something for nothing. I will charge to help, but most writers I meet don’t need much more help than being…

  • Amazon Sales Rank – Jan 17 2024

    Don’t worry. I’m not going to delve too deep, or pretend this is much of a thing; but, it is handy for this author to track his books’ Sales Ranks as per Amazon.com. I sold a book today. Yay? Many authors can claim that they sell a book an hour. Some may never sell a…

  • Words Words Words

    Silly person. Take a hint. Among the various blogs I’ve run, they’ve either been too general (personal finance, the fate of the world, etc.), or very specific (life on Whidbey Island), or for one of the books I wrote (Walking Thinking Drinking Across Scotland, Dream Invest Live). My writing deserves more space. This blog is…