Stumbleupon…Author Platform Rock Star?

This post goes out to all those writers using, or thinking of using, Stumbleupon.  It’s a great service for both sharing and finding content. When you’re building an Author Platform both of these aspects are a big deal. You need people to come to your...

14 Young Entrepreneurs To Follow Today

I’ve been pretty darn lucky to come across some great young entrepreneurs in recent months. There are some truly incredible young minds out there. It’s inspiring and I would like to share some people I think you should be following…RIGHT NOW. I’ve...

3 Million Words in 240 Days

Raymond Chandler says we’re supposed to write 1,000,000 words Malcolm Gladwell tells us we should practice our craft for 10,000 hours The above numbers are pretty huge, but I hope to break things down for you. I too thought these numbers were impossible, that my...

The Turndog Tales: 02/09/2012 – 07/09/2012

Ah Friday, how we love thee. If not for the fact that you bring the weekend, then for the tales you share…or more specifically, The Turndog Tales. I come bearing stories from the last seven days and I hope they inspire you like they have me. Let’s do this thing!...

The Ultimate iBooks Author Experiment: The Initial Feedback

The book is now on the iBookstore and available to the world. Surely by now I’m a millionaire. All you have to do is write a book, publish it, and BOOM…success, right? …NO, I’m afraid not Don’t worry, I wasn’t under any assumptions. What I did...