Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: books

  • Learn About e-Publishing at October 24-25, 2014 OKC Writing Conference

    In the summer and fall of 2013 I collaborated with three amazing local authors and others to help organize a face-to-face writer’s conference in Oklahoma City called “Write Well, Sell Well.” I shared a breakout session on “eBook Self-Publishing w Amazon, CreateSpace & iTunes Producer” and participated in a panel discussion on “Independent and ePublishing.” The recorded audio…

  • FREE on Amazon for Kindle – Hopscotch Challenges: Learn to Code on an iPad! eBook

    I’m thrilled to announce the eBook I published in November 2013, “Hopscotch Challenges: Learn to Code on an iPad!” is now FREE on Amazon.com for Kindle and should remain free there forever! You may wonder why I’m excited to announce this, since I have been giving away the eBook via a DropBox link and on…

  • Exploring the Hobbit on iTunes University and Course To-Dos

    This afternoon I opened the iTunes University app on my iPad and found the free “Exploring The Hobbit” course. It’s mostly audio lectures, and looks good for Tolkien fans like yours truly. I’m particularly interested in seeing, experiencing “as a student,” and analyzing the way iTunesU provides and manages both course “to dos” and assignments.…

  • Options for Distributing a FREE eBook: Amazon, Apple, Smashwords and More

    Last week I published a short eBook I titled, “Hopscotch Challenges: Learn to Code on an iPad!” I’m using the eBook this month with my 4th and 5th grade STEM students, as I teach them (and they also teach me) how to code using the free iPad app, Hopscotch. I couldn’t find a curriculum online…

  • Podcast410: Powerful Listening – Powerful Influence: A Conversation with Tim Hast

    Listening is a vital skill we all need to intentionally practice for both personal and professional success in life, but many of us don’t. This podcast is a recorded interview with Tim Hast, a friend and the author of the book “Powerful Listening. Powerful Influence. Work Better. Live Better. Love Better: by Mastering the Art…

  • eBook Self-Publishing with Amazon, CreateSpace & iTunes Producer

    This past Saturday (September 21, 2013) I shared a breakout session at the “Write Well, Sell Well Conference” for authors in Oklahoma City titled, “eBook Self-Publishing with Amazon, CreateSpace & iTunes Producer.” I recorded the session and synchronized that audio to my slides on SlideShare to create a SlideCast of my presentation. This means you…

  • Why I Re-priced my Mapping Media eBook from $5 to $15

    This evening, after many discussions and much deliberation, I changed the price of my 2nd eBook, “Mapping Media to the Common Core: Vol I,” from $4.99 to $14.99. In this post, I’ll explain why as well as some interesting things I learned about Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing pricing rules as I submitted this price change…

  • Create iPad eBooks with Recorded Audio and Text Highlights FREE

    Today in the “apps playground” at the 2013 iPad Academy hosted by Chicago Public Schools, the awesome elementary teacher Autumn Laidler (@MsLaidler) taught me how to use the free iPad app “Little Story Maker” to create ebooks which include BOTH your recorded voice and “text highlights.” Like many books on the website Starfall.com, an eBook…

  • Rachel Shares a Story about a 3rd Grade Class Enhanced eBook

    This week in iPad Media Camp at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, it was a great joy to teach alongside both my daughters, Sarah and Rachel. On day 3, when we focused on eBooks and interactive writing, Rachel shared the story of how her 3rd grade teacher last year learned about creating enhanced eBooks with…

  • Write Well, Sell Well Conference Sept 21, 2013 in Oklahoma City

    For the past several months, I’ve been meeting with three outstanding authors who live in the Oklahoma City area and have dreamed for years of organizing their own conference for writers and aspiring writers. Together, Rene Gutteridge, Melanie Hemry, and Cheri Fuller have published over 70 books with traditional print publishers. Today I’m thrilled to…