looking for a literary agent

Mistakes Authors Make When Looking for a Literary Agent

Conventional wisdom says you can’t get a loan until you can prove you don’t need one. The corollary in the publishing world is that you can’t...

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How To Know If You Need To Increase Executive Presence?

(Forbes first published my article here.) Oddly enough in our small rural school, we had three of us in the seventh grade class with virtually the...

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Did You Miss These Most Popular Blogs of the Year?

Year’s end is a time of reflection for most people. My contribution to that reflection effort is re-running some of the most popular communication...

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more publishing myths

MORE Myths About Book Writing and Publishing

Last year, I published a blog on myths and misleading information perpetuated by some in the publishing industry. Those myths included the...

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book career

Why Not Write A Book To Promote Your Career?

(Forbes first published my article here.) Open almost any major newspaper or magazine and you’ll find a survey that says the overwhelming...

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A Dozen Favorite Quotations on Gratitude

As another Thanksgiving rolls around, is your gratitude barometer rising or falling? Note that specific emotion—or lack thereof—may explain this...

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