By Robin Owens My very first audio book just came out, Ghost Seer, narrated by Coleen Marlo. I listened to the sample. I used a download code (worth $19.95) to buy it and I listened to the beginning. I like the narrator. But I’m having problems with hearing my words. This isn’t really anything new….
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Forget the Money: Show Me the Contract
By Susan Spann This September, I’m co-teaching a workshop at Colorado Gold with Midnight Ink editor Terri Bischoff. The workshop, titled “Contract Law: Where You Can Make a Difference,” is intended to offer advanced-level instruction on which publishing contract clauses are (and are not) negotiable. In preparation for that, my guest posts between now and…
Curing a Case of the Shoulds
I should write faster, better, bigger. I should be a best seller. I should be able to quit my day job. I should be a perfect parent, lover, house keeper and writer and manage a day job all simultaneously while smiling and having a good time and always being nice to everybody.
An Interview with Literary Associate Elizabeth Copps
Interview by Janet Fogg (We’re simul-publishing Janet’s interview with Chiseled in Rock blog) Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Elizabeth Copps, Literary Associate with the Maria Carvainis Agency, Inc. Elizabeth began her publishing career in 2010 as an MCA intern after graduating from Florida State University with a BA in English Literature. She was…
How Being an Aspiring Writer is Like Looking for A Media Job
by Trai Cartwright What could being a filmmaker have in common with being a novelist? Lots! I’ve got a foot in both worlds, so I’m always seeing where they cross streams—including some great advice about how to frame your writing as a job. With all the news about how Colorado Film is growing, it feels…