Athena Dean Holtz is an author, speaker, blogger, radio show host, and publisher. Here's the link to the Show Notes page for highlights, quotes, and links to Athena's websites and social media.

Athena's first published project was a book for Vietnam veterans in 1986. After selling more than 10,000 copies, it was picked up and published mainstream, selling more than 250,000 with more than one million in print. That was in the old days before platform was a common writer's requirement. She founded Winepress, a Christian publishing house, which she later lost to a con man pastor. Full Circle is her new book telling her reception story. We talk about motive in writing and how some people's motive is to get to Amazon's bestseller status - no matter how they accomplish that, including manipulating sales for the bestseller list. Athena shares her view on the importance of critique groups. We learn about Redemption Press and it's options for authors looking for a publisher.  Athena shares her perspectives on author platform, becoming a bestseller, editing, your writing ideas, and much more.