Review: Great Resource for Enterprise Self-Publish Authors
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 19, 2013
I've been an aspiring writer for some time now, but after writing about 20k words, mostly background notes, plots and subplots, and character origin stories, I realized that it was close to impossible to write and spend time with my kids while holding a full time job that required my attention.  After I picked Hick's Kreelan odyssey "In Her Name: Empire" early on, before he was big and famous (haha), I told my wife "See, this is what I want to do.  This is my passion.  This is my dream."  But each time I started writing, I'd get interrupted.  The kids want to play or needed the potty or a bath.  Or it was dinner time.  Or bed time.  Or work.  Or my wife would send me on errands.  And worse of all, my wife didn't understand (nor care for) my writing aspirations, as she's not a reader or a writer and spends her time rotting in front of a TV watching reality TV garbage to the likes of Reals Housewives of (fill in the blank).As Hick's success grew and so did my collection of his books, I realized that the reason I continued to support him and read his books was because, like I, he had aspirations to self-publish and write full time.  Luckily, his passion and commitment paid off and I wanted to learn from those who came before, fight in the arena, blood my writing sword, and bring honor and glory or die trying to earn my place among the Ancient Ones in the afterlife.  I was thrilled (reading this book) to see that he had quit his day job and moved to full time writing, and his wife was supportive as well.  Good for you, Mike!While I've read this book and keep it as a guide, my time has not yet come yet.  The prophecy will be fulfilled in the tenth cycle since my son's birth, when my children will be old enough to be on their own and I'll have much more free time to write.  Until then, I will continue to cheer on and support self-made authors like Mike.This book, while not written by nor backed by any industry veterans, is written with a genuine interest in sharing the rights and wrongs of what Mr. Hicks went through and how he got to where he is today.  In a way, these were his Books of Time, archived and shared so that others that followed in his footsteps may reach out into the stars and fulfill their destinies and bring glory and honor in Her name.May thy career be long and glorious, oh, Mike-Hicks of Imperial Guard Publishing.Worth every penny.