As a child, I asked so many questions, my mother’s consistent response was to “look it up.” So a favorite aunt bought the Encyclopedia Americana for me and by the age of 10 I read it from cover-to-cover. I expect this curiosity may go a long way toward explaining how with my wife Sarah I became a writer on how-to subjects.
Sarah and I have written 17 books with over two million copies in print on personal, career, and lifestyle choices. Our first book Working From Home was the first commercially published book about how to work from home and grew out of our experience in shifting our work home in 1974. Sarah has also written a novel.
Over the years, we have also developed other types of products from our books, such as audio and video products, self-help kits, workshops, and charts. In fact, one factor in deciding whether to write on a topic is our estimate of whether it will have “legs.” That is, books can be the basis for a variety of products that will produce additional income. I,Paul, take the lead on consulting while Sarah offers developmental editing services, helping to conceptalizeand organize a project. She also is a proficient copy editor.
Sarah and I write a quarterly column for Costco Connection. Our work has been recognized with various awards including the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Region IX “Small Business Journalist of the Year” in 2006.
My professional memberships include the Authors Guild, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Missouri Bar, and the MIT Club of Southern California.
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Thank you for the compliment on the blog. The blog in two weeks will be about the error the publishing industry is making in pursuing a short-term objective, which boils down to a control issue and some suggestions on how authors and independent publishers can capitalize on this.
February 4th, 2010 at 4:58 pmQuote
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Thank you for your message. I am under deadline for the third edition of our best-selling BarChart called “How to Start a Home-Based Business” and serving clients. So after March 1 will work best.
February 17th, 2010 at 6:02 pmQuote
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March 1st, 2010 at 1:35 pmQuote
I write a music blog for my audience research class. I’m new to blogging and I want them to be good! So any advice you guys could give me would be great
March 6th, 2010 at 9:17 amQuote
Like you, I’m learning about blogging first-hand. While we’ve had blogs on other topics in the past and still do, Sarah has handled them. I prefer WordPress; she Blogger, but you’ve probably already chosen which one. I have told Sarah she can import Blogger into WordPress and she seems interested.
Since you’re writing your blog for a specific audience rather than marketing it outward, my suggestions are to invite your readers to use their imaginations by asking questions and painting scenarios of possible futures for their music and to make your blog interesting, share unusual information or stories they would not otherwise run across in their reading or conversations. Something else I think adds to a blog are pictures, something I plan to do more with.
Welcome to 9Lives4YourBook!
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