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Smashwords — About Bridgitte Lesley, author of 'Making Changes', 'Brace Yourself', 'Mingling... This is the biography page for Bridgitte Lesley. Bridgitte Lesley resides in sunny South Africa. Creating exciting reading material is her aim. Most days you will find her sitting at the laptop doing what she enjoys the most. Writing. When she isn't at the keyboard she is sitting thinking about that...

Setting up ones own publishing imprint feels like drawing yellow jackets to road kill. The other day I participated in a webinar on how to turn your book into a best seller. The best advice I got is turn your e-mail contacts into a network that can and will promote your book sales. For the full-blown, hand-holding seminar from these folks, expect to pay about $7,000. And, then there's Author House. I responded to an e-mail and now get a couple of phone calls a week and 2 or 3 e-mails a day. They only want a few thousand more to make my book a success. My advice -- proceed cautiously. There are an incredible number of services and consultants who'd like to help hard-working authors out of their last penny in pursuit of a dream. My spam folder is bulging.