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Detail from Painting for Photographers

Back in the last century, I studied playwriting and wrote plays.
At one point, I attended a seminar at the Dramatists Guild, where I was a member. On the panel was Death of a Salesman playwright, Arthur Miller.
Most creatives have the question that was posed by an audience member to one of the most successful writers of all time: How to make it in the midst of so many who are trying.
Arthur Miller’s response was, “Cream rises to the top.”
The response seemed profound to me then and still does, today.
It means that anything is possible, if you work hard, have what it takes and you’re persistent.
This to me is very optimistic.
I’d rather believe that cream rises to the top than think that no matter how hard you work and how good you are, you will never succeed, which, I suppose, is probably how my family viewed a career in a creative field.
I was reminded of Arthur Miller today because my book, Painting for Photographers, has made it to Amazon.com.
No, I’m not offering it there for sale just yet because it is still being printed and should be available on or around November 30, 2009.
In the meantime, I’m still selling the book exclusively through my web site as an ebook and taking orders reserving printed copies.
By the way, I’m not offering Painting for Photographers as a kindle book, Amazon’s ebook format, because of the book’s elaborate design and illustrations.
You can translate into the kindle format only those books that have minimal design, like novels.
And Amazon doesn’t allow ebook sales anymore unless they’re in the kindle format.
Otherwise, I’d be offering the ebook version at Amazon.
No, how my book has made it to Amazon is through a rave review.
You can see it at the Amazon site by clicking here.
Included in the review by P. Falcioni “Ducatisti” about Painter 11 was this:
“I also bought Karen Sperling’s Painting for Photographers ebook that has step-by-step instructions tailored for Corel Painter. It is easy to follow and you also get some relevant painting theory and practices which were very helpful. Her software mastery with Corel Painter is impressive and her ability to teach me made the tutorial worth every penny spent.”
So now I have a review on Amazon.
Thank you, P. Falcioni “Ducatisti.”
It really is a great feeling.
I decided to write Painting for Photographers because I thought I could do it.
And, as I say in Painting for Photographers, if you think you can do something, you probably can.
I thought the chances were pretty good that the book would come out OK since I’ve been writing about and teaching Painter for 20 years, plus I’ve exhibited my art.
Even so, all of the rave reviews that have been pouring in really have been an unexpected bonus.
I’m so glad everyone loves the book so much!
And now there’s a great review at Amazon!
To see more of the book’s glowing reviews, click here.
And to order, click here.
The bottom line is, it’s nice to know that everyone who reads the book is finding it so helpful.
Maybe now that the book has the stamp of approval of a review at Amazon, if you’ve been thinking about learning to paint photos, you’ll have the courage to actually take the step toward learning how by reading Painting for Photographers!
Then witness the cream rising to the top firsthand in the form of people loving your paintings!

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