The Author as Gatekeeper
Just because you can circumvent traditional publishers and write that book doesn't mean you should.
Just because you can circumvent traditional publishers and write that book doesn't mean you should.
A fantastic scene from the iconic show offers a key lesson for new scribes.
A simple litmus test on whether your book's focus was sufficiently specific.
The inevitable has happened.
Revisiting my recent decision to pass on an offer to write a new For Dummies book. Did I make the right call? And what can you learn from my decision-making process?
Authors who think writing a quality book means doing it all themselves are sorely mistaken.