publishing | publishing
Jun.17.2013
I like to make a big deal over each of my publishing firsts. I know what you’re thinking: Don’t you publish for the first time only once? No, absolutely not. If you’re writing in more than one genre or you write in more than one form, you’ll have many firsts, too. And that means you’ll...
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Jun.11.2013
Don’t judge a book by its cover. We’ve all heard the advice.
But of course we all do judge books—and lots of other things—by how they’re packaged. If we didn’t, there would be a lot fewer jobs in marketing.
In preparing to publish the new e-book version of my young adult novel...
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Jun.07.2013
Well, I am hoping that he is right about this. He seems to have his feet in both camps, which gives a balanced perspective. Traditional publishers do have to keep abreast of the times, but I do not see why they can not just invest in, and absorb unto themselves, the possibilities of eBooks and...
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Jun.07.2013
When the alternate-universe high of writing a book and having it published wanes, you're left with the real world concerns of promotion and coping with reviews, whether they're good, blah, or bad. Maybe J.R. McLemore's approach to such things will help you navigate that emotional minefield....
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Jun.05.2013
Book appearances are coming for my writer's group (it's more than just a mutual interest in writing): the True North Writers and Publishers Cooperative. After our initial defining and organizing efforts, we decided to send up some trial balloons to see just what the pressure points...
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Jun.04.2013
I found that there were a few rules for writing THE GOD PARTICLE, a young adult sci-fi thriller, that don’t always apply to writing adult thrillers.
For one thing, they say (they being young adult writing experts), that you should establish the age of the protagonist right away so young...
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Jun.03.2013
First, Thanks to Mark Leslie Lefebvre, Kobo Writing Life blog has featured a digest version of my recaps of the seminars. Hope you’ll pop over.
I finished the draft of my next Blackthorne, Inc. book, as yet untitled. I went through the draft...
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May.31.2013
Poets & Writers, May/June 2013
These days I’m more interested in learning/ discovering how to wedge a place for myself in the publishing game, but there was once a time when writerly chops were hardly developed. And P&W is as good a source as any for fostering...
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May.29.2013
I think my new kickstarter project will be going live tomorrow, so watch this space. I have made some changes to make the rewards for pledgers IRRESISTIBLE and the target much more attainable! :)
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May.28.2013
In his book ON WRITING, Stephen King said, “Do the research, but don’t overdo it for the reader.” Writers like me should probably take that to heart. But it’s tough, because I love to make things real.
In my last book, LILITH, I wanted the reader to feel like they were there on the USS Gerald R....
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