Thanks, Jared. All my work is e-pubbed now, or most of it. Keep reading. Under The Business Rusch tag, I documented quite a journey. 🙂

I too want to join in the new wave. I have no idea how to do this.

So it helps me to see that even though you’re doing the research for the past two years, you too are crunching the numbers and figuring out exactly how to make this work in your business. Cool.

Thanks, Michael. I’ve had that very thought. (We have other reasons for a regular employee, which might be a position we can divide up into several: a few contract, one physical). I’ve been asking around for a reputable contractor on this and have gotten only one or two names. If you know anyone (or if any of you do), please e-mail me off list.

Just a point to consider for the who startup portion of this, at least.

Thanks, Mary Jo. Your advice falls right into what I want to do as well. I’d rather write than do the organization labor to get my stories up. But I do want folks to read those stories, so I will have to hire someone. The question is just who and how and ACK! I’ll figure it out. But I will keep writing as the top priority.

I appreciate the kind comments.

I hope you organize things so that you can write as many new stories as possible, but this is my obvious and blatant self interest as a reader.

Thanks, John and Carole. I love “send in the clones.” Doubt I’d trust one of mine to be a really good employee, however, given my track record. 🙂 She’d be working for someone else, after all. I’m trying to be patient, but really, it’s not one of my virtues. The balancing act of running your own business is always difficult–but I’d rather have my own than work for someone else.

I’ve been singing “Send in the clones” for years, as I’m sure you have.

Right now my husband is in the garage sawing the spines off–with a very fine blade, and then sanding the edges–several of my backlist paperbacks that need translation into electronic files pronto. Love the blend of old and new technologies . . . .

Writers are a cottage industry, but nowadays it takes a village of cottage industries to continue a career, including not only family if you have it, and loyal readers, but other writers who share experiences and skills and sources and information on digests like Bryant.

And in your “endless” guide. :))

It IS an exciting time, but just being creative is no longer enough, and “barnacle brains” like mine must bend in unexpected new technological ways just when some of us industrious ants could have used a wee bit of cruising on the familiar. No such luck, but unlimited opportunity . . . .