John Kremer quote

Do Art

Authors: If You Want to Be a Writer, Start Now

If you want to be a writer, start now. Do art. Do it forever. In every little act of your day. That’s how you become an author. — John Kremer, with Snoopy at the typewriter If you want to be a writer, start now. Do art. Do it forever. In every little act of your […]

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Maya Angelou on Doing Well

Maya Angelou: Book Marketing Advice

The following advice from Maya Angelou applies not only to marketing books but also to writing books, publishing books, self-publishing books, producing ebooks, pursuing publicity, and just about everything else you do as a book author and/or self-publisher. Pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their […]

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Be Alive - John Kremer quote

Book Writing Advice: Don’t Be Boring. Be Alive!

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. — Howard Thurman, civil rights leader When you write a book, write what makes you come alive. Do that. Don’t be boring. Be alive. — John Kremer When […]

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on Building a Ship

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather the wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry And, if you want to sell books, don’t drum up humdrum followers. Teach your fans to yearn for […]

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