MP3 Audio files of Barbara's Book Club Chat and Book Readings. If you've never heard Barbara speak, you may
enjoy listening to her entertaining
Book Club presentation and hearing her read excerpts from The Drummer
Drives!—now available as MP3 downloads for your enjoyment!
Self-employed at home for most of her adult life,
Barbara Brabec continues to move in new directions as an author,editor,author's
consultant, and independent
book publisher. This site reflects her professional and
personal interests, philosophy, and beliefs.
Your
Print-on-Demand (POD) Self-Publishing Options. Everything changed in 2012.
This completely rewritten article now summarizes Barbara's understanding of the
best way to publish a POD book now. Includes links to reliable resources for
self-publishers.
Are You Pushing Yourself Too Hard?
Periodically, we all need to reassess our personal or business situation,
set new goals, make new plans, and face the fact that, to get back on track,
some uncomfortable—even painful—changes may have to be made.
"Barbara Brabec is an expert editor ... my book never would have come to
fruition without her compassionately directed advice." - Joe Bell, Of Shadows
and Footprints
"Your editing of the text made the book much more
readable, and the [suggested] structural changes ... added a new dimension.
You have taken the book to a new and better place." - Peter Shirt, Among
the Ukrainians
"...heeding your wise counsel saved me time and money. You have been much more than an editor through this
long and arduous process. (A better title for you is editor/consultant.)" - Dr. Gary Rodriguez, Purpose-Centered Public Speaking
"Your editing job lifted my words up to an outstanding level." - C. Judy,
Echo of Hope
"... friendliness and encouragement, combined with a firm hand applied to my
writing ... exactly what I needed." - Craig Copeland, 2012 Conservative Election
Handbook
