Illustration from Heart to Hands Bead Embroidery For years people have been asking me why I don't put my books on Amazon.com and/or ...

Let’s talk about tips for writing beading (or other craft/art) books or magazine articles. Yes, I imagine there are some similarities to w...

Preparing a Book for Traditional Publishing If you’ve been reading Parts 1-3, you know that my first book was self-published. Book #2 ...

Return to Self-Publishing Five more self-published books followed my experience with Interweave Press ( Beaded Embellishment , see Part 2...

To Be Published – A Dream Come True! My second book hitched in an odd way on my first book. Remember ( Part 1 ), I mentioned contactin...

Getting Started – One Bead at a Time Yes, there are several bead artists who are more prolific writers than I am. Still, my zigzag pathw...