By Kendall Giles, on February 10th, 2012 
Here’s Episode 2 of my podcast series. In this episode I reveal the big project I’m working on and why I’m in New York, discuss how my first few days have gone, and detail a bit about what I’ve seen of the publishing industry so far.
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Related Posts:Living an Epic Life Podcast, Episode 3New Podcast Series – Episode 1 – BeginningsReview: Every Writer’s Dream, by Jeff GoinsResolutions, Goals, and Improving Your CraftNew essay published in InYo martial arts journal, winter 2012
By Kendall Giles, on January 22nd, 2012 
With today’s dynamic publishing landscape and tight economic times, writers are increasingly expected to take on more of the marketing aspects by publishers for their books that make it to market. One subtle effect of this shift is that agents and publishers are looking at more than just the text of the book when deciding whether or not to sign the author. Yes, the author has to have written something great, but agents . . . → Read More: Review: Every Writer’s Dream, by Jeff Goins
By Kendall Giles, on January 6th, 2012 
I made a resolution to myself years ago that I would make a serious effort to pursue and improve my writing.
I’ve always been interested in writing stories and telling tales–hey, maybe I’ll even write a novel one day–but somehow job, career, and family always seemed to take a higher priority. And so no progress was made toward my goal.
There wasn’t enough time left over at the end of the day . . . → Read More: Resolutions, Goals, and Improving Your Craft
By Kendall Giles, on June 29th, 2011 
Writers, and other folks too, sometimes wonder if they should create their “online presence” and “develop their brand” using a service like GeoCities, MySpace, etc., or should they instead get their own domain?
The first way allows you to easily test the waters–kind of like blogging with training wheels. No problem with that as a temporary measure–everyone has to start somewhere.
But if you want something more permanent, more professional, that you . . . → Read More: Why writers should get their own domains
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Kendall Giles is a writer and computer scientist on a quest to live an epic life.
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