ani gonzalez

1910, Antarctica. This photo was taken by the British Terra Nova Expedition, before their entire Polar team would die on the way back from the South Pole to their ship. (Colorized). Some of their bodies, journals, and photographs were found by a search party eight months later.

occasionally you find gemstones and battered coins among the rocks on the beach, remnants of a ship that sunk hundreds of years before your time

I just took the most fascinating class on understanding Amazon Algorithms and how to use them when you launch a book. The recommendations (don't do pre-orders, don't tell anyone you've even launched at first) seem counter intuitive, but the logic behind them actually checks.

It’s hard not to have any expectations when you publish your first book (or 20th), but the more certain you are that it’s going to be a life-changing success, the more you’re setting yourself up for disappointment. 1/11