Dear Robert J. Sawyer, I wanted to talk to you at the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Gold Conference this year, but I never made it over to you. So much excitement, intrigue, and chatting with my tribe. Since I couldn’t speak to you in person, I figured I’d write an open letter, saying now much…
Tag: Amazon
Halfway and Unfinished
I was talking with a writer the other day. Those writers. You know the type. Shifty-eyed. Distracted. Stinking of gin and desperation. A nervous laugh and a hair-trigger sense of despair. Yes. A writer. She was working on her first novel, and times were bad. Why were times bad? Because she was about halfway through…
“Do you as an Amazon director approve of this policy of sanctioning books?”
By Liesa Malik The first post on this topic was published on August 22 (Hachette vs. Amazon–Do We All Lose?) As before…any opinions expressed here are mine as an individual and do not reflect an official stance by RMFW or its members . . . As the battle between Hachette and Amazon continues over the…
Hachette vs. Amazon—Do We All Lose?
By Liesa Malik Personal Note: It has been several years (decades) since I last worked on news copy, and my journalism background is very rusty. Therefore, I have to admit to writing this with bias, and let you know that any opinions expressed here are mine as an individual and do not reflect an official…
How Amazon Turned Me into a Serial Killer
Prior to September of 2012, my life was perfect. I had friends, my books were selling, and all was well. Then Amazon went and ruined my life. Forever.
And no, I am not being melodramatic.
Okay, I am, but just a little.