Blog Category: Self Publishing

I was sick of it. Every book publisher (Wiley, Penguin, HarperCollins, Hay House, etc.) said the same thing: “We’re great at marketing. We’ll take care of it for you.” Then when it came time to publish the book, they all said something like, “So I guess you should start tweeting it out. We don’t do […]

I get asked this every day so here is my answer as to how I do it after 18+ books. I have a problem. I asked my 15 year old daughter what she’s learning in school. She told me that in math she’s learning about how to find the “volume of a cone”. I’m thinking […]

Amazon said, “Let us know when you are next in Seattle. We want to do some stuff with you.” I had no plans to be in Seattle. Zero. So I booked my ticket and called them back. “Guess what! It turns out I’m going to be in Seattle next week.” Great! Let’s do some videos. […]

All my life I wanted to write a book. At first I wrote four books that agents and publishers all rejected. I thought the hard part was getting a book accepted. Having someone like me. But this wasn’t the hard part at all. Anyone who is persistent will get that part done. These were the […]

What 10 books would you recommend for an adult who hasn’t accomplished anything yet but wants to start trying to live a successful life? When I was a kid, at least 10 girls rejected me because of ugliness when I asked them out. I was also caught shoplifting by the police and had to go […]

Then I read from at least four different styles of books. I have coffee. I think. I list. I write. Throw stuff out. Then finally it’s around 6am and I begin. Here’s the types of articles… PAIN: I think of a pain point in my life. Losing a lot of money. Getting a divorce. Being […]

Part One – The Richest Man In The World Several years ago I was with a group of people and they told me a story about a secretive guy who was maybe the richest man in the world. Many decades ago, when various South American countries were going bankrupt, he went to each country and […]