I am so excited to share that the 3rd edition of How to Self-Publish: A Guide for Author-Preneurs is now available on Amazon and it is better than ever. I had taken the 2nd edition out of publication when significant details in the publishing industry changed. In old news, I sold Selah Press in 2019 to Seth and Loral Pepoon, but I've been so busy … [Read more...]
Ladies Who Launch
My girlfriends are powerhouses. Literally! As many of you know some of my besties in business are Donna Maria of Indie Business Network, Lela Barker of Lucky Break Consulting and the one-and-only Soap Queen Anne-Marie Faiola of Brambleberry. And this summer the four of us have each either launched a new company, created a new division or launched a … [Read more...]
In the News at Selah Press
I’m very excited to announce the release of my newest book, Social Media: Platform Building Blocks for Both the Savvy & the Shy. This book is available in both a PDF download version from Selah-Press.com and a Kindle version available on Amazon.com. I am also super proud to share that three students from Selah Press Author-preneur … [Read more...]
More Lessons Learned 30 Days of Blogging
I ended the Winter 30 Day Blogging Challenge with the blog post Lessons Learned 30 Days of Blogging. It seemed only fitting that I end this Summer 30 Days of Blogging Challenge with even more lessons learned. Some of the same people from the last challenge took part in this one as well and we had new people join us. It was a great month of sharing … [Read more...]
Introducing My First eBook
Today I released my first PDF eBook! I realized that I had written two books in the processes of teaching the A Walk Through Self-Publishing a few months ago as one of my Selah Press Author-preneur Training tele-seminars. Today I released the eBook Step by Step Guide to Self-Publish Using CreateSpace. Anyone who has read my book How to … [Read more...]
The 1st Ever 2×4 LIVE is a Wrap
Donna Maria Coles Johnson of Indie Business Network, Lela Barker from Lucky Break Consulting, Anne-Marie Faiola from Brambleberry and me (representing Selah Press) held our first 2x4 LIVE event with this weekend in Nashville, Tennessee. The two day event was a great success. I believe the heart of the event was the willingness of the attendees to … [Read more...]
Add a Dash of Puppy to the Chaos
You know how sometimes you have so much on your plate that you don’t know which way is up? Do you ever do crazy things-like add more to your plate-in moments like that? I do. I’ve been in the middle of adding new goods, classes and services to Selah Press, developing new spices and products for Red Cedar Bison, while juggling my regular life as … [Read more...]
Announcing 2 x 4 LIVE
My friends Donna Maria, Lela Barker, Anne-Maria and I are turning a dream of ours into a new reality. Today is Small Business Saturday and we are excited to announce our new event. 2x4 Live is two days, four mentors and one amazing weekend to take your business to the next level. 2x4 Live will be held in my new hometown Nashville, Tennessee … [Read more...]
The Story Behind Selah Press
In May of 2011 I published my first book How to Make Melt & Pour Soap Base from Scratch: A Beginner's Guide to Melt & Pour Soap Base Manufacturing. It was my first self-published book and I was learning along the way. I had written the book. It had been edited by Lesley Anne Craig and Dana Brown. It was all done being formatted by Alex … [Read more...]
The Power of Your Story
Your story is priceless. It is powerful. Here is a little story that stopped an airplane which demonstrates the power of the story and sharing it. It all started when I left for Ireland from Germany to meet up with my college group that had flown there from America. This was all in the "dark ages" of communication before cell phones, text … [Read more...]
360 Degrees of Grief Invitation
Christian writers are invited to submit your story to the upcoming compilation book 360 Degrees of Grief to be published by Selah Press. This project fulfills a passion for me to provide comfort to people in the midst and aftermath of a crisis. When my mother died, I found that most grief books only spoke of grief from a singular perspective. In … [Read more...]
