At a recent get-together with several writer friends, we got to discussing some of the gloomier aspects of the business: the sheer number of books available, the pain of rejection letters, the struggle to find ways to promote that actually work. The one individual in the group who is still trying to get published traditionally…
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I Write
I write. A quip or quote, a snippet of discourse, I write. The ghost or shade, of idea or gist, I write. With pen or quill or tapping keys, I write. Passion for words, enamored of story, I write. Inspired or blocked, I have to write in spite. I write.
What is Story Bundling and How Does It Work? … by Jamie Ferguson
What is a story bundle? A story bundle is an electronic collection of stories that is available through a bundling website, usually for a limited period of time. The bundle may be sold as a complete set of stories, or there may be one price for a subset of the titles and another for the…
This is NOT a Twitter How-To Blog
Copied verbatim from a recent email exchange: How did you get so many followers on Twitter? Well, it’s not that many—not really. I mean, it’s good to have followers but I see tons and tons of writers out there on Twitter with five times, ten times more than me. Tons! But how did you get…
Top Things That Scare the Words Out of Writers
Happy Halloween or Oct 31st, depending on your preference for the spooky. In honor, I’ve created a list of the things that go bump in the night and often the day for my writer friends. Feel free to add your own in the comments: There is less than 20 hours until NaNoWriMo starts Editors who change…