Ever wondered how Pete comes up with the stories he does? What’s his writing process? Does he talk to his characters? Find out in this interview on BookGoodies.com.

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Blueink.com asked traditionally published authors to answer this open-ended question:

Self-publishing is …

The answers are insightful, honest and thought provoking. Here are two examples:

Richard Kadrey: “Self publishing is the literary equivalent of riding a Conestoga wagon into the West in the 1840s. You’re heading into largely uncharted territory where you might find a place to settle down. Or you might strike it rich. Or you might disappear without a trace, only to be stumbled upon years later, bones by the side of the road. Like those early travelers West, I admire self publishers’ gumption and fortitude. They’re carving out a road for others to follow. Frankly, I don’t know if I could do it. There are so many obstacles in the way. So many dead ends. I wish them well and I hope they find the

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It’s the stuff of movies – the good girl ends up on the wrong side of the tracks when she’s led astray by the new bad boy in town. Whilst that might make for a great tale of gripping teenage angst, if it’s your little girl in the picture, suddenly the charm of the rough but handsome  character straight out of a John Hughes film is not alluring, he’s terrifying!

Oh Judd, when I was a teen I loved you, but as a parent … back off!

It’s a tough challenge for parents when their child ends up hanging out with what the parent considers is the “wrong crowd”. What can be done? How should such a situation be handled?

Parents, read up on the

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Well, I’ll admit that maybe that’s a misleading title for this blog post. The last time that ‘Twelve Easy Emotional Fitness Exercises to Tame Mad, Bad, and Sad Feelings’ was offered for free on Amazon Kindle it was downloaded over 800 times. Whether or not those people actually read the eBook or still have it sitting on their “shelf” on their e-reader is another thing altogether.

The Amazon KDP free promotions are the double-edged sword for the author and publisher. They may get the book downloaded an impressive number of times in a short period of time but just how many knock-on sales it generates can be hard to quantify. Interestingly though, the last time we offered this title for free the second eBook

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