by toby | Sep 25, 2014 | The Writing Life
How to get your indie book into Barnes and Noble? It's not for the faint of heart. I’m having my first Barnes and Noble book signing October 12 at the B & N in Lahaina, 3 to 5 pm. Care to hop a plane and join me? I’d be delighted to give you a hug and some book swag!...
by toby | May 28, 2014 | The Writing Life
I have a simple criteria for a blog I really love: I get it in my email inbox. In fairness, some of these folks are “hybrids” with both indie and trad pub writing…but they are all worth keeping up with, for different reasons. These Top Indie Blogs to Follow are gems...
by toby | Apr 4, 2014 | The Writing Life
This week was filled with excitement as I signed with Foreword Literary, a dynamic literary agency with offices in San Francisco, New York and Chicago. I had the joy of meeting and getting to know one of the agency founders, Laurie McLean, at the Big Sur Writer’s...
by toby | Jan 18, 2014 | The Writing Life
First of all, I’d like to define “pro:” for the purposes of this article, a pro is someone who earns his/her primary income from writing. Holly Robinson and I are pros, with multiple novels and credits of various kinds under our belts, and we’re friends. In our chats...