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…
Category: General Interest
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….
Beta Readers
By Robin D. Owens Beta Readers are those people who will read your manuscript after you’re done, but before you submit it to your publisher. I have a mentor (Kay Bergstrom) who always reads my work, and I have Beta Readers. Though I try and keep track of people who have read my manuscripts and…
Adventures in Genre Writing: Lesson 10 – Common Mistakes
By Jeanne C. Stein We’ve now covered the nuts and bolts of writing genre fiction. In the last two lessons, we’ll move on to the world of publishing. The first lesson is on ways a writer can sabotage her own career. We’ll divide this into three categories: Common Mistakes in Writing Common Mistakes in Submitting…