Life Perspective: Reviews & More

Last night I was approached at my part-time job by a young man who is barely out of his teens. "What would you say if I told you to come hear about a job, and you'd get paid $100 just to come listen?" he asked. I said I would have to know more about it. "No, no, you get PAID $100 just to show up. Would you come?" I said I'd need to know more about it - where it was... He cut me off, "Anywhere you want - your house," he interjected. I continued and said I would need to know how long the meeting would last. "Not long, 30 minutes, an hour," he eagerly informed me. I said for $100 I would show up for an hour if it was a convenient location, but if I wasn't interested, at the end of the hour, I would walk. He was clearly frustrated with me, but he went on. "Well, what if you wanted to take a cruise, anyplace you wanted, for a week, and it only cost $100? Would you stay then?" I replied I would have a lot of things to work out bef...

How to Promote Your Book on a Shoestring Budget started its life as the 8-page booklet "How to Promote Your Benefit Concert on a Shoestring Budget" way back in 1990. That's how long I have been organizing promotional, marketing and publicity tips along with event-planning ideas. I started work on this book in September of 2006, and even had a proof copy done at a local vanity press. However, I was very unhappy with the results and have spent the past two years refining the book, adding four new chapters plus a checklist, as well as workbook pages with every chapter. The book has been through the editing process, has been proof read, designed and laid out, and now I am just waiting for the final product to roll off the presses, hopefully by the end of August! If you order the book, I want you to know that's not all you get! I have just created a Yahoo group where my readers will have access to me and to other writers where you can give feedback, ask questions, and sh...