Back to Work...

Well, we're now well into September, my first-born just started Preschool (sniffle) and my baby is now 14 months old and walking and talking up a storm. Time flies. As much as I love the flexibility I have with my businesses so that I am able to stay home with my kids, the time has come for me to get a bit of work done without sticky peanut butter fingers clawing at my legs and little munchkins sitting in my lap. So, thanks to "Nana", I am able to work ON MY OWN at the office now 2 days each week! The biggest upside to owning your own businesses is actually being excited about going to work.

I'd like to try something a bit different with the blog for the next little while... We receive zillions (seriously, zillions) of books from aspiring self publishers who want us to sell zillions of copies for them. One of the most difficult parts of this business is not breaking the hopeful heart of every wannabe bestselling author out there by telling them "I'm sorry, but your book is crap". Unfortunately, MOST of the books we see are just that. So, rather than just trash everyone and ruin any shred of remaining hope, let's try to turn the critique of the "crap" into something a bit more constructive, shall we? I'm going to pull random books off of our shelves and give you my two bits. What do you think? We'll pull out a book and talk about what was done properly and what wasn't, as well as what can be done to sell the book now. We'll start on Thursday...