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Way to go, you wrote your first book, published it, maybe. What next? There’s a couple of things. Marketing is one option, but it’s not the most important option.  What about sales? How do we get money for our book if we’re not marketing it?  Well, sales are nice, but they aren’t the main goal

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So you’ve received only form letters, telling you that either the agent is not accepting new clients, or that the publisher is not interested in your novel at this time. What a bummer.  Maybe you’ve simply gotten overwhelmed with the amount of work involved in sending out all those inquiries to the publishing gatekeepers, and

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It’s time to publish your book. This is the moment you’ve been waiting for, all your life. Well, maybe not all your life, but surely over the last several months you’ve been looking forward to this day.  Only problem is, you don’t know how to publish it. Do you go the traditional route, of searching…

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Did you finally finish your first book? Congratulations. There is something incredibly satisfying about finishing your novel. You might even think the hard part is over. If that is what you’re thinking, then I’m sorry, but its time to burst that thought bubble. You have just stepped into the realm of editing. When I first…

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So, you’ve decided to write your first novel? Congrats. I don’t know what your motivations are, but it doesn’t matter. Everyone seems to have that one story in the back of their heads that they would like to write someday. I can’t tell you how many times someone has told me something like this. But…

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It seems like everyone has a story to tell. I did, though I didn’t know it at the time. Maybe you do, and you’re trying to figure out how to get started. Maybe you don’t, but you’ve read some books and thought, “Gee, I could do as good or better.” But where do you start?…

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Making any short film can be daunting. In my first two articles on this topic, I talked about my Matrix spoof, and the short story that was inspired by my book: One For The Money, Two For The Soul. Each of those had a respectable budget for a student filmmaker. The 1st had about a

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As you may already know, I didn’t go to film school, I went to the Utah State University to major in Finance. I later went on to get my MBA. So what does any of that have to do with making movies? Well, not much, especially since at that time, I was studying to become

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What if human trafficking took a turn for the ridiculous? There aren’t too many authors having fun with this topic? Maybe there are, but they’re all a bit too serious. Want a good book that you can laugh along with, and share with your whole family, then pick up your copy of One For The…

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So you’re a student of film, or like me, you’re a story enthusiast who is doing your own unaccredited version of film school, and the big elephant in the room is telling you that you actually need to start making a film. Now, you might be super ambitious and think about making a full movie,…

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