Parson Place News and Views

Category: For Writers

  • On the Air Via the Web: The Kevin Zimmerman Show

    On March 20, 2014, my good friend and the subject of my book A Time for Everything: the Kevin Zimmerman Story, Kevin Zimmerman, hosted me on his weekly Internet radio program, The Kevin Zimmerman Show. I meant to post a link to the archived recording of that live interview sooner, but I’ve been rather distracted […]

  • A Publishing Panacea Receives Favorable Mention from CSPA

    I want to take a moment to thank Sarah Bolme, the director of the Christian Small Publishers Association (CSPA) and the author of Your Guide to Marketing Books in the Christian Marketplace (now in its 3rd edition) for endorsing and featuring my latest book, A Publishing Panacea: How to Be Your Own Publisher in the […]

  • The Be Your Own Publisher Course

    I’ve recently completed my latest writing project. It’s a book entitled A Publishing Panacea: How to Be Your Own Publisher in the Digital Age (which I also intend to be the foundation for my Be Your Own Publisher course) for writers who wish to be their own publisher. I’ve just released the book to the […]

  • NEW TITLE RELEASE! A Publishing Panacea: How to Be Your Own Publisher in the Digital Age

    It has taken a while longer than I intended or expected, but at long last, my latest book, A Publishing Panacea: How to Be Your Own Publisher in the Digital Age, is finally available for purchase! You can purchase both the print and eBook versions from either Amazon.com or BN.com, while only the print edition […]

  • Are Books Really Dead?

    Authors and publishers, take note. We all know that some have been pronouncing the death of reading books for quite some time now, but how true is that? Writers keep writing, publishers keep publishing, and retailers keep selling printed (and now digital) literature of all kinds. So, what’s the truth? According to The Barna Group’s […]

  • Be Your Own Publisher

    Are you tired of trying to get the attention of a publisher or literary agent? Have you ever wanted to be in control of both the writing and publishing processes? Well, in this wonderfully wild digital age, you can do just that! Want to know how? Well, let me tell you! I’m nearing completion of […]

  • The Power of a Platform

    Writing is hard work, despite what many non-writers may think. All anyone has to do to discover this truth is attempt to write just one project, whether poetry, short-story fiction, a novel, or any non-fiction work on any subject of one’s choosing. Writing requires a great deal of time and effort to do it well. […]

  • Five Important Ways to Boost Your Visibility As An Author

    There are, no doubt, lots more than five ways for authors to gain or improve visibility in the marketplace, but this is what I consider to be a “top five” list of sorts. Any one of them alone may not guarantee success, but putting them all together makes for a pretty effective formula. I’ve tried […]