Michel Sauret – Award-Winning Army Journalist | Independent Author Award-Winning Army Journalist, Independent Author

I’ve already published a thorough marketing strategy with a calendar outlining specific deadlines and objectives. Now I want to share with you my overarching Marketing Plan for Jump based on an outline I found on the All Indie Writers website. The ...

(Cover image belongs to artist Knows Flower) In marketing AMIDST TRAFFIC (my first self-published book, which has won several awards) I didn’t follow much of a marketing plan. I basically finished the book, had it edited, and rushed to publish just so ...

(Photo credit by thundersaber)   It’s been ten years since I graduated high school. In those ten years, I got married (been married 5+ years now), deployed to Iraq (won the Army Journalist of the Year award), bought a house, ...

Going into self publishing, I knew what I was getting myself into. Especially with a short story collection. I knew that self-publishing was a tough gig, and that doing it with a story collection would make it even tougher. The ...

I’ve hosted this workshop (Self Publishing: Removing the Stain and Stigma) around Pittsburgh with a great response every time from those who attended. Usually when I run this workshop, I put out a lot of information, so I wanted to make ...

I typically hate when people use the word “unfair” in their argument. It has a childish tone, that of someone who isn’t able to deal with reality and resorts to complaining about it instead. But when it comes to books, ...

  So, you’ve finished writing your book and you’re thinking about self-publishing it. But you’re wondering… how much is it going to cost me? If you’re artistically talented, you have good connections and you have the right software & tools, ...