Hello and Happy Friday,

The New York Times had an article titled: Self-Publishers Flourish As Writers Pay the Tab in their January 28, 2009 issue. From the title you get the gist of the article. It was a pretty good one and for me, it made me smile and gave me a sense of well-being and determination to keep writing.

The article talked about folks like me, who aren’t in the loop for traditional publishers but are okay because we do sell books to folks who really want to read our work may it be one person or a thousand. It wasn’t like those articles I’ve read in the past about the self-publishing business where the goal seemed to be self-publishing because you can't get a traditional publisher and are dying to get one, now its more of an independent drive where the big traditionals are the past and self is the future for folks who have the drive to write and succeed no matter what. If a traditional finds you then it’s all well and good, but if they don’t, its still all good.

“Words once they are printed, have a life of their own.” Carol Burnett

If you have any comments or suggestions please e-mail me at my new address: shabazzl@adasbcc.org.

Until next time, God willing,

Lori