Erik Hanberg

Our class was visited by a guest speaker, his name was Erik Hanberg. His occupations include being an author, an e-publisher, and running a marketing company with his wife. Throughout the class Erik described what it was like to get be your own publisher and how many people can do it thanks to the beauty of the internet. Mr. Hanberg is a science-fiction and mystery author, he churns out books seemingly about every year and a half or so and seems to have a committed following of readers. Mr. Hanberg is also on the Tacoma Parks Board, and has had a number of jobs in which he writes. From what I know he is the main authority on raising money for non-profit associations and has written a popular book in the non-profit community on how they can raise money. He spends his time writing his novels, running the marketing company with his wife, and traveling to non-profit events to speak about raising money for those said non-profits. Listening to Erik speak let me know that yes there is a way to make a living in the virtual world, but it's a slim chance and you have to be one of the pioneers of whatever it is that you do because the market will get flooded and the money just becomes less and less.