Tag: Lloyd Lofthouse

Lloyd Lofthouse

Aug 29, 2012

Authors Finding Readers – Part 1/4

This belief is the same as tying fifty-pounds of iron to an infant then throwing the three-month-old child in the ocean expecting him to swim ten-miles to shore.
Lloyd Lofthouse

Aug 11, 2012

The NEED to Edit – Part 6/6

The focus of the public schools is reading literacy—not editing literacy and reaching grade-level reading literacy for more than half of the students is a challenge.
Lloyd Lofthouse

Aug 10, 2012

The NEED to Edit – Part 5/6

As Amanda Hocking once said, editing is exhausting.
Lloyd Lofthouse

Aug 8, 2012

The NEED to Edit – Part 3/6

The other choice is to edit your own work with some help from friends as I did.
Lloyd Lofthouse

Aug 7, 2012

The NEED to Edit – Part 2/6

If the avid reader is distracted by too many mistakes, do not expect this audience to be forgiving.
Lloyd Lofthouse

Aug 6, 2012

The NEED to Edit – Part 1/6

Writing, revising and editing are part and parcel of an author’s work, especially if she doesn’t have a contract with a traditional publisher.
Lloyd Lofthouse

Aug 1, 2012

Watering the Backyard or Exercise – as if I have a choice

From the street to the top of the backyard is equal to climbing a seven-and-a-half-story building that does not have an elevator or escalator.
Lloyd Lofthouse

Jul 31, 2012

Ten-Thousand Dreams

By the end of 2008 (my first year as an indie author), My Splendid Concubine had sold 221 copies so I FAILED to reach my first goal by 279 books that no one bought.
Lloyd Lofthouse

Jul 3, 2012

My Vegan Journey, and why I never had a chance to say, “Let lips do what hands do.” – Part 3/4

“If it doesn’t work, I’m going back to my cheese pizza, hamburger, French fry, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper diet.”
Lloyd Lofthouse

Jul 2, 2012

My Vegan Journey, and why I never had a chance to say, “Let lips do what hands do.” – Part 2/4

My weight plummeted to 160 pounds and then slowly returned to 180 where it stuck—give or take a pound or two fluctuation—for the next twenty-three years.