Audiobooks are the fastest growing medium in publishing. How far have audiobooks come? The first audiobooks were called “Talking Books” and were created in the 1930s for people with visual disabilities in America and Britain. This group included war-blinded soldiers and blind civilians who couldn’t read braille. It was illegal for sighted persons to listen…
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True Confessions of a Midlist Writer
Okay, so, you know how everyone asks you “where do you get your ideas?” And you know how most writers say they have more ideas than they have time to write? Not! At least not me. Sure, I have things I know I want to write, but I also have: #1 – Fear of Commitment…
#April … by Rainey Hall
One year ago, I declared April 11, 2017 as “Write Any Way You Want and Forget about Bridging Paragraphs Day” aka “Babbling is Okay.” March madness is over, the green jacket has been given away, sunlight before 8AM; Autism Awareness Day, Earth Day, Professional Administrator’s Day, Passover, and of course after-Easter chocolate sales. No fooling,…
Rocky Mountain Writer #81
Terri Benson & PubCon 2017 RMFW Education Chair Terri Benson offers an overview of PubCon 2017, coming up on Saturday, April 29 in Golden. A few spots remain for this day-long event that will explore both traditional and independent publishing. More about PubCon 2017 is here. Intro music by Moby Gratis…
The Best Day
One of the more common questions I hear is “What’s the best day to release a book?” Generally, the question comes from somebody who may have released a book or two and it sank without a burp. They think the reason it sank might be they launched in the wrong season or the wrong day…