Well guys, I finally sent my manuscript to press. Almost made a terrible mistake in not writing a true marketing slant on the back matter.  The back matter (back cover) is the second marketing document for your book, the front cover being the first. What I wrote was good and actually clever. But clever is not going to sell books with all of the competition out there. Clever has to be on point. The back matter gets the book opened and then you have another chance to sell the book to the readers through the table of contents and the introduction.

So be looking out for the book: Love Better!

The joy of books

This video brought me joy. I know if you love books it will do the same for you.

Back Up your work!

Hey guys the other day someone stole my purse. The worst news is that my novel was loaded on a jump drive that was in there. I thought I had backed it up on another jump drive but turns out, I didn't transfer all of the files. So as a result I had all the chapters' titles and notes but none of the content. Fortunately however, being a writer from ole skool, I printed the most of the book because I read better when it's in print as opposed to on the screen. Yea!

Someone tells me to back up all your document on http://www.google.docs/. So I've been doing that and it's really good. I also suggest print things out and putting them in a safety box somewhere where you will remember where they are. Maybe even give a copy to a trusted friend or your mother. You know mothers tend to keep things safe for you. Whatever way you choose, back up your documents is the word for today.