Interview with Judy Cullins by P.L. Fry President, Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network (www.spawn.org)
1. How did you get started in the writing business? Was it a childhood dream?
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1. How did you get started in the writing business? Was it a childhood dream?
One of the questions I received this week asked about starting an internet-based business without a website. This individual was very new and just wanted to know if it was possible. He wanted to know how to go about getting started. How to choose a product, etc. He wasn't ready to build a website yet.
You sit down to write the first article for your third issue. That's when it hits you. There's nothing left to write about!
Did you know that your book's back cover information is, after the cover, the best way to sell more books? And, that most authors, emerging and experienced, miss this opportunity to engage more potential buyers?
Consider our free search engine script. It is an excellent application, but it wouldn't be very helpful for others if it could display its results only in the output page format that we use for our site. Somebody else's site will probably need the output page to contain site-specific navigation links, different colors, or even a completely different layout concept.
I believe everything on a web site speaks for, or against, the product or service being sold. The Sandi's T's site (http://sandists.ecorp.net), in my opinion, suffers from a loss of credibility and some usability issues as well. The ICRA labeling appears in the header for each page that I checked, and if memory serves it should only be on the main page that was submitted…