Introduction Consider this the beginning and such it is – the beginning of my Goodreads experience as an author. To be blunt (as you’ll soon find I often am) it also includes my experience as a reader. As I posted on my personal bio, I love to read, I love to write but I don’t…
Month: January 2022
My In-house Editors
Don’t be fooled – they can be brutal, especially that innocent-looking one on the right. Meanwhile the other one is waiting for his cigar.
Going for Number Two!
Naw! Not THAT number two! Geesh! You guys! The number 2 BOOK! 🙂 Okay so I couldn’t help it. Anyway I expect to have the agent version available in a day or so. Most of the heavy lifting is done already. Now all I need to to is rinse and repeat – IF I can…
Busy Like a Beaver!
Whew! So I posted about Life Insurance “Dirty Little Secrets” for Consumers Revealed! soon to be published on Facebook. I got a tremendous response. If any of you guys show up here – THANK YOU! Then I had to get down to brass tacks. Once I uploaded to Draft2Digital, I needed to go to Amazon, Barnes and…
Whew! Publishing is a LOT More Involved Than I Expected
You probably know the old joke… “How long will it take you to install that new <just name it!>?” “Well, let’s see, it’s about half hour job so I’d say maybe 4-6 hours.” Okay, so it is not just the “publishing” part I’m blaming the delay on. Compared to actually writing the books, that was…
Publishing Update
In case you were wondering, no, you need not subscribe to my mailing list to get updates. That’s not how I roll. The mailing list is a convenience for you and, yes, a marketing tool for me. Long ago I wrote an article around the old saying, “If you build a better mousetrap the world…
Insurance Industry Shake Up
Last week OneAmerica CEO J Scott Davidson sounded the alarm about the stunning increase in USA death rates. He says they are up over 40% since before the pandemic and they are NOT all Covid-related. What does it all mean? First of all, this sort of phenomenal increase will undoubtedly test the financial strength of…
Start Here (First Post)
Actually the title is for me. 🙂 I just want to replace that “hello world” post with something, but as long as I’m here… This is a new site for me but it is far from my first site, though you may not know it to look at it. That’s because I’ve never been much…