When I describe Charles Justiz, there are few adjectives I feel are better fitting than “brilliant.” A former NASA examiner pilot and corporate aviation safety consultant, Justiz has most recently also added “best-selling author” to his resume. Specific Impulse is a Sci-Fi thriller about two strangers whose paths cross only after a mysterious explosion forces them together in a
Self Publishing Part 2 Self publishing is definitely an option for aspiring authors. But is it the right option for your particular book? In part one of this two-part series, we examined the advantages to leveraging these services. Now we’re going to look at the factors that tend to make DIY publishing such a challenge for many. As a bonus, I’ll wrap up with my recommendations on the use of
Part One: Advantages When you hear “self publishing,” do you cringe or does it make you want to learn more? Do you automatically say to yourself, “No, I don’t want to self publish; I want a real publisher to love my book, pay me to write it and get it mass published out there for everyone to enjoy”? While it is definitely possible with the right amount of patience and perseverance to
The past year was an extremely interesting one, if not a bit scary, for the publishing industry. In fact, the shifts were so major, they altered almost everything about the way the industry is positioned, what it produces, and how it markets those products to consumers. So, I thought I’d take the opportunity to provide a summary of the major events. While I’m at it, I also give a sneak peek
To many publishers, the query letter is the introduction to the possibility of working with you as a writer. Before you get too far into all the details of what to include in one, however, you need to make sure that the publisher to which you are submitting your idea prefers a query letter to an actual proposal or the full manuscript. While many publishers are just fine with a well
If you’re like many authors, you may have submitted your manuscript to several different publishers over the course of months or years and have yet to receive a positive response. Maybe they all say they love the book and continue to sing its praises, but no one has really “taken” the opportunity to pay for your brilliance. You’ll be happy to know that another heavyweight has officially
Last week I began an interview with Rick Frishman, book publisher and publicist extraordinaire. After one long week of testing your patience, we finally get to the really good stuff—what Rick says any hopeful author needs to do to get noticed by a potential publisher. Here is the continuation of our conversation: So, given that the potential author has a great idea, how does
Rick Frishman is a leading book publicist and has been for more than 30 years. He is a publisher at Morgan James publishing in New York and has been published himself 12 times. Frishman has appeared on hundreds of radio and TV shows including Oprah and Bloomberg TV, and has been featured in a number of trade publications and magazines. He also is the co-host of his own radio show, Taking
