Stop aspiring. Start doing.

My books are offered through Podiobooks.com and the iTunes Music Store as free audio downloads. I don't sell them.

I had to decide if I wanted to be known as a writer or a reader. I chose writer.

I credit Podiobooks and the free audio podcasts for helping me develop the audience I needed when I started selling my books in text forms.

Stop aspiring. Start doing.

Podiobooks rules. It's still the best way I know to find an audience for longer works in any genre.

Coffee takes on an almost ritualistic meaning. I learned that from being on hurricane patrol for a year in the North Atlantic.