Hello and yes, it's been a while since I have been here. Lots of exciting things have been going on. I have created a new website to promote my fellow authors at Publish America. Publish America has a wealth of talented authors out there who need to get their names out and their works known. I have created the website at http://www.publishamericaauthors.com/ to do just that. Also, an internet radio show at www.blogtalkradio.com will be starting May 4th at 6:30 p.m. I will be interviewing PA authors about their books, how they got started writing and how they feel about Publish America. The link for the show is http://www.blogtalkradio.com/publish-america-authors/2011/05/04/author-michael-walsh
Please feel free to stop by and give us a listen. The author that will be interviewed on May 4th is Michael Walsh. He has four books published through Publish America; Kaleb's Dad, Eddie's Method, Just Some Old Man and Whetstone Chronicle. It's sure to be an interesting interview.
Writing a good book just doesn't seem to be enough these days. Unfortunately, so many authors feel that once they have written their book and a publishing house has accepted it, the hard work is over. Sorry to say it "just ain't so". As an author, you need to promote your book and yourself as an author. There are many means to do this. Blogging is one of them. The big publishing houses are taking on new authors less and less. The market is saturated and unfortunately, the bigger house are just not going to take a chance on losing money with an unknown or beginning author. There has been a big movement of Indie author in the past couple years. Being an Indie author DOES NOT mean you are going the way of the vanity press. What it does mean is that you, the author retain complete control of your book. With this, of course, means you have more work to do promoting and marketing yourself and your work.
Whether you decide to go the route of an Inde author or go with a publishing house, be ready to do a little leg work, a little computer work and a whole of promoting. I wish you the best of luck with your projects. And again, please stop by the radio show and give us a listen. You may learn something!
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