• Did you see Sequence Inc. in the Wall Street Journal today?

    The Wall Street Journal had a special section today on entrepreneurs, and this blog was mentioned in an article entitled Blog It and They May Come. We got in both the print edition and online edition, and got linked too. […]

  • Book Publishing: How to Write a Book?

    I found this post about writing a book on Scott Berkun’s website. Scott is an author and consultant in the software industry. Apparently since he’s written a successful book, a lot of professionals come to him for advice about book […]

  • Book Publishing: Negotiating the contract

    After a couple of weeks of other topics, I’m back to continue my series on how I got my book deal and what I’ve learned about getting a book published. It came time to negotiate my contract with Wiley, and […]

  • Book Publishing: Putting together the proposal

    I had a winner of an idea for a book on fraud, and I had a willing publisher in John Wiley & Sons. I expected the next step of the process to be putting together a book proposal. My friend […]

  • Book Publishing: More on Securing My Publisher

    When I decided that I wanted to get serious about securing a publishing contract, I knew that John Wiley & Sons was my first choice. In my industry, I believe there is no better publisher to work with. They have […]

  • Book Publishing: Pitching Your Book to a Publisher

    You’ve identified some publishers that might be a good fit for you and your book idea. Now you have to decide how you’re going to approach the publisher. Will you write the book and try to pitch the manuscript to […]

  • Book Publishing: Finding a Publisher

    In the first installment of my book publishing series, I talked about deciding what you want to write and determining whether or not there is a market that will buy the book. You may have a unique or clever idea, […]

  • Book Publishing: Deciding What to Write

    Since I got my very first book deal with John Wiley & Sons a few months ago, I’ve had professionals ask me how I did it. It’s not surprising that several of my colleagues are interested in writing books themselves, […]

  • Survey Considers Downside of Time-Based Billing

    A recent survey completed by William G. Ross, professor at the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, is ruffling some feathers. Ross has a special interest in billing ethics, and has done two previous surveys of this sort. In […]

  • On Making Money As a Fraud Investigator

    The recent publication of a report detailing the results of an investigation of Usana Health Sciences done by Barry Minkow, Fraud Discovery Institue, and other professionals has prompted some criticism. One criticism I’ve seen is the fact that *gasp* the […]