By Liesa Malik Lists are everywhere—the to-do list, the project task list, and most of all, the illusion of the golden contact list. Screech! Breaks! Illusion? That’s right. Many people believe that you can purchase, rent, or find on-line great contact lists for the asking. Unfortunately, in the years I’ve been in marketing, I’ve only…
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Respect for the Law…and Copyright…Starts at Home
By Susan Spann In the digital age, it’s easy to break the law and call it “harmless.” For example: …Copying a photograph or an inspirational piece of art from someone else’s website. …Re-blogging a blog post without obtaining the author’s permission in advance. …Downloading pirated ebooks, songs, or videos off the Internet, because after all…those people make tons…
The Sane Writer: Social Media Containment
Every one of us is going to have bad days. We’re going to rant. People and pets are going to die. Jobs will be lost. Agents will turn out to be a bad idea, book contracts will go sour. Bad things will happen. Really good things will happen too, and some days it can start to seem like every writer in the world is luckier than you.
Guest Post – Terri Benson: What’s a Writer to Do?
By Terri Benson Today’s writers have so many things to think about besides the act of writing. Oh, for the days when you typed up or printed out your book manuscript, boxed it up, sent it to your publisher, then started your next book, certain that the publisher had enough invested in you that they…
It Ought to be Easier!
By Pamela Nowak It’s been a frustrating few weeks, starting just after the wonderful high that came when my ARCs arrived. Over the course of these weeks, I’ve discovered a number of databases and lists that need to be created to ease the life of authors. Yet…they haven’t. Or at least I haven’t discovered them….