In recent months, I’ve seen a resurgence of some terrible publishing “offers” that business-savvy authors need to recognize . . . and avoid. Although these “deals” are legal if an author signs them, every time I see one of these contracts, I’m reminded of my law school contracts professor’s favorite saying: “You can make as good a deal, or AS…
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Starting at Word One…
..it’s a wonder every single one of us isn’t rocking in a corner somewhere, clad in a straightjacket and gibbering at the moon.
Congratulations to Mark Stevens WOTY and Lisa Manifold IWOTY
Selected from a list of accomplished finalists, Mark Stevens is the new Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Writer of the Year and Lisa Manifold is the first ever RMFW Independent Writer of the Year. Writer of the Year Finalists Carol Berg Christine Goff Mark Stevens Independent Writer of the Year Finalists Sue Duff Nathan Lowell Lisa…
Easy Editing Trick
I think for new writers, especially those that have just completed their first book, one of the most daunting challenges facing them can be the revision process. I remember after I completed my first novel I had two very distinct emotions. Tremendous joy, “I completed my first book!” And utter dread, “How on earth am…
Having. Written. Writing is work.
Writing is work, and usually demands a good amount of self-discipline just to get your butt in the chair and put down words whether you feel like it or not. Yes, I go through funks. One of the reasons I give seminars on how to get through my panic and work through funks is because…