Confessions of a self published author
Lisa James McKenzie, one of my kickstarter supporters, requested a behind the scenes summation of my experience self-publishing my new book,…
Category: Mindfire
Mindfire day Dec 7th: can you help?
Behind the scenes I’ve been working hard to generate PR for Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds. We’re up…
The Symbolic Violence of Twitter
One of my kickstarter supporters for Mindfire is a blogger and speaker in his own right: Luca Sartoni. He…
Innovation vs. mere improvement: how do you know what you have?
As part of my gift to some of my kickstarter supporters for Mindfire, I offered to write a blog…
How do you get wise? The story of Mindfire
I’m sneaky. While I write about business and creativity things, every 4th or 5th post here for years has…
Why give a book away for free?
Last week I decided to give away my new book, Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds, for free from…
Mindfire: Free preview now available
For 52 hours, the entire book was available for free. But don’t worry. If you like free things, you…
Countdown begins: Mindfire book launch in 6 days
This thursday, Nov 3rd, will be the extreme awesome unprecedented universal grand premier of my new book, Mindfire: Big Ideas…
Seattle: Mindfire Book Launch Party (Nov. 3rd)
I’m proud to announce the launch date for the new book, Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds, is Thursday…
Last chance to pre-order Mindfire (my 4th book)
On October 3rd the kickstarter page for the book will officially close – which means there are only 5…
Buy an hour of my time, dirt cheap (and support Mindfire)
You can kill two birds with one stone. Throw in some cash to help support my upcoming book, Mindfire,…
Why I’m self publishing my next book
For the last year, I’ve been working on Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds. It’s a collection of my…
The final cover is here, plus a sneak peek
Thanks to everyone who voted through all three rounds of cover designs. For the last round, it proved to…
Vote on Mindfire cover: Final Round
Over 400 people voted on the last set of cover designs. Wow. Who thought you’d find this so interesting?…
Mindfire preorders now up – via kickstarter
You can now place pre-orders for Mindfire, for kindle or print, by going to the brand new kickstarter page. Beyond…
Need ideas: fun rewards for Mindfire book pre-orders?
I’m setting up a page on Kickstarter to let folks preorder my next book, MindFire (details here). One downsides…
The new book: Mindfire. What is it?
One challenge I have is I’m passionate about many things. I’ve written three successful books, on three very different…
Cover designs for Mindfire: vote!
In my continuing quest to involve you folks in the process of making this book, it’s time to look…
The new book is on its way: update soon
A few weeks ago I reported the results from your votes on the title for the next book. The…
New update on the next book
After a pre-spring hiatus, things are rolling again on book #4. First update on the book is here, and…