Tag: small publishers
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Following Your Bliss…into Debt…and Recovering with a Muse
Photo from Summer 2007 when Spilled Candy Books had 30+ books in print, 15+ authors, before downsizing through a difficult family crisis immediately followed by hurtful allegations that were proven untrue. There’s a saying—a wonderful ideal—that if you follow your bliss, you can make a ton of money. There’s truth in that, but…not always. It…
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Poisoning Myself: The Bad, The Ugly, and The Unheard Good of Spilled Candy’s MySpace Drama
When I’d finished explaining the trauma of being the sudden focus of thousands of people calling me a thief and a scammer, the gifted intuitive on the other side of the table suggested I wasn’t telling her quite everything about why I’d made some particular business decisions to temporarily downsize my little publishing company a…
