So in this writing game, part of the currency authors are paid in is status. Money might come, but even more important than fabulous cash prizes, in some circles, is status. And how do you get status? Oh, the status game has many markers. Who is your agent? Oh, that’s your agent? Wow. You get…
Tag: Writer’s Life
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.
Coming to Terms with Book Reviews
By Jeffe Kennedy This is the cover for the Italian translation of my erotic romance, Going Under. I love it so hard. A girl never forgets her first translation. 🙂 A little known fact about me (I think) is that I spent many years studying martial arts – primarily Chinese internal styles. I still practice…
You and Your Books Will Burn In Hell For All Eternity
By Aaron Ritchey I have monstrously grandiose way of thinking, which does not help me very much outside of writing fiction. For example, whenever anyone wants to introduce me to someone, I always assume they will be Hollywood gorgeous, man or woman. However, most people look so…normal. Real life disappoints me most of the time….