All Blog Posts Tagged 'Dreams' (5)

As a writer, my second love is reading.  I read everything from cereal boxes to the classics.  I think I just finished reading a classic.  The Help was captivating, not only due to its subject matter that touched close to home, but because of its riveting portrayal of black women in the south during the most turbulent moments in American history.  It was an era when I was a child confused by the images of violence, confused by the…

Attention readers who have that book in them ready to shout out.  If you have written it, plan to write it, and want to go the self-publishing route, I have added another self-publishing tip to my blog at simplydilsa.  I am in the process of self-publishing my second novel.  I learned so much since the first, Dreams Thrown…

Whether you are self-publishing your e-book or going through a traditional publisher, will your e-book need an ISBN?  An ISBN is a unique identifier for books in print, usually accompanied with a bar code.  The ISBN is used to control stock and track sales for publishing companies, retailers, and libraries.  The ISBN is attached to the publisher, the author, the title, and format of the book.   However, since there is no inventory control required for an e-book and…

The 3rd annual Atlanta Writers Conference is happening this month on Saturday, May 15 at the Westin Airport Hotel. I plan to be there to listen to publishing gurus share their tips on getting published. Six literary agents will be available for Q&A. David Fulmer, award-winning historical fiction writer, will be presenting a couple of workshops. I am just a little upset I waited too long to sign up for the critique and pitch sessions with…

Have you ever quit just before you realized your dream? Then heard a little voice saying, "if you had just hung in there just a little bit longer, you would have made it." I work full-time as a manager, but my heart is in writing. Between the obligations of my job, the obligations of my home life, and trying to manage enough rest, I sometimes let myself slide away from my dream. But, a spark of determination rises back up within me and I set out to seek that dream once…