{"id":101149,"date":"2025-07-29T04:26:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T04:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/101149\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T04:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T04:26:13","slug":"mission-beach-author-also-a-writing-publishing-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/101149\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Beach author also a writing, publishing coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN DIEGO \u2013 Having self-published 26 books since 1991, Lee Silber<\/a> of Mission Beach is now ready to help others do the same.<\/p>\n

The self-proclaimed local \u201cbook doctor\u201d wants to add writing coach to his resume. Silber noted conditions were favorable for him \u2013 and could be for others \u2013 to discover their literary voice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe timing has never been better for someone who has always wanted to write and publish a book,\u201d Silber said. \u201cEveryone has a story to tell, and now it can be shared. I want to offer tips to help and inspire others to write a book and get it out into the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silber talked about why things have changed for the better for self-publishers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a literary agent, still do,\u201d noted Silber, adding that the wrong advice he received was that you can\u2019t write both fiction and non-fiction. \u201cI believed that for a long time,\u201d he said. \u201cThen I wrote a book of short stories and a novel. You can do both.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silber pointed out even his non-fiction is story-based because, \u201cI feel people learn better through stories and I felt like I was already a storyteller.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of his modus operandi, Silber said: \u201cStart with that thesis, the main idea of the book. Then outline it. I do that with index cards, or you can just speak into a recorder. The most important advice I can give about writing a book is that the more you break it down into easier, more manageable steps to lessen your feat, the better.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mission Beach author noted that lots of people talk about having a book idea, but that it stops there, with few following through on their idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey think you have to have an agent and publisher,\u201d he said. \u201cBut there\u2019s another way. And that is, you write it, and have your friends and family help you edit. Then you upload to Amazon, and they will publish it. And that can happen quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

That way, Silber noted, the self-publisher can minimize costs while getting the feedback from others they need to refine their writing.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the books are printed on-demand; you order them as you need them,\u201d he said. \u201cAmazon is the greatest distributor of books on Earth. They take a percentage of your sales. But it\u2019s a better deal than if you sign with a publisher.\u201d<\/p>\n

Can you make a living self-publishing? Silber replied that the best way to answer that is to say it\u2019s best to think of it as \u201ccomplementary,\u201d but not your main source of income. \u201cYou never want to say never,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cBut don\u2019t count on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

You\u2019re only good as your last story or book. Silber is working on two new books. He\u2019s also planning on helping others with their new books. \u201cI have friends saying to me over and over, \u201cI\u2019m \u2018going\u2019 to write a book, instead of saying I \u2018am\u2019 writing a book,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Silber said his new mantra is going to be, \u201cLet me help you get this thing done. If people reach out to me for my help \u2013 I\u2019m happy to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The author spoke of his most dramatic self-published book. \u201cA few years ago, I wrote a book about a woman who had stage 4 lung cancer with only months to live,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe said, \u2018You will write my book.\u2019 That was a big ask. I said, \u2018yes.\u2019 The book about her lessons in life was called \u2018Sunshine.\u2019 Her book lives on because of me. I\u2019m so proud of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silber will be teaching a class about the book business at San Diego Writers\u2019 Ink<\/a> at Liberty Station, 2730 Historic Decatur Road #204, on Saturday, Sept. 13. San Diego Writers\u2019 Ink is a nonprofit offering classes, workshops, readings, and more at Inspirations Gallery at Arts District Liberty Station. For more information, visit leesilber.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO \u2013 Having self-published 26 books since 1991, Lee Silber of Mission Beach is now ready to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":101150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,3601,1582,276,65848,22863,3549,7264,65849,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-101149","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-author","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-lee-silber","13":"tag-mission-beach","14":"tag-san-diego","15":"tag-sandiego","16":"tag-self-publishing","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114934631534209186","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}