Today we have our first regular monthly post from Ruth Harris. Ruth is in NYC, so she very well may be without power today, so if we don’t hear from her, we can blame Irene. All of you East-Coasters, hang in there: you’re in our thoughts. I think the most common question a writer gets is "where do you get your ideas?" Some of us find it hard to think of a simple answer, but now, it's easy: just tell them there's an app for that! Ruth suggests you use an app like Evernote to preserve random ideas and articles as you browse. I checked...
Sunday, 28 August 2011
Sunday, 21 August 2011
We’ve all fantasized about book tours, haven’t we? That glamorous trip we’ll take when our novel makes it big? Our publisher will send us off in a whirlwind of glamorous travel: booksignings, readings, and personal appearances with our adoring fans all over the country—maybe the world!But this week, BookTour.com shut down, saying fewer tours and marketing budget changes make business “financially unviable.”The book tour seems to be one more casualty of the electronic revolution.Of course the death of one company doesn’t mean touring has completely...
Sunday, 14 August 2011
This week I saw a new item at our local dollar store—hardcover books. Well, actually one hardcover book—hundreds of copies of it, dumped in a big bin. It’s sad enough to see good books remaindered on the sale tables of Barnes and Noble, but these were being dumped for a buck a piece, along with off-brand detergent and dented cans of dog food. What’s worse, I recognized the title. I'd seen the author interviewed by Stephen Colbert—just a few months ago. I felt a little sick. Kind of like the way I felt when the only remaining indie bookstore in...
Sunday, 7 August 2011
Today we're getting a free editing class from college professor and critically acclaimed literary author, Samuel Park. So get out your WIP and try these ten steps. I think you'll find them enlightening. I did. And think of the money you'll save on editor's fees.Obviously his method works. Here are a few samples of the kind of praise he’s getting from literary superstars: “This Burns My Heart is quietly stunning—a soft, fierce story that...
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