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How Editing Clients Are Renewing My Faith in Traditional Publishing
How Editing Clients Are Renewing My Faith in Traditional Publishing
It’s no secret; I’m no fan of some of traditional publishing’s practices that include doting (mostly) on authors making lots of money while offering little to the rest. Yes, I ...
Perks of Being A Wallflower’s Stephen Chbosky Talks About Dialogue
'Writing dialogue is the hardest part, no question,' said Stephen Chbosky at the 2013 Santa Barbara Writers Conference.
The goal of good dialogue: Making 'artificial' dialogue sound 'authentic'.
Writers, Why Writers Conferences?
I love cyberspace and the ability to do business easily. But for writers, there's no place like home (s) we visit annually, come hell or high water: writers conferences. Why go? Conferences offer avenues into the community of writers. The ...
What Defines ‘Amazon Best Seller?’
How Many Sales to Amazon Bestseller? by Jason Matthews, 3/20/13
Want to be an Amazon bestseller? Of course you do–every author does! Want to be an Amazon bestseller? Of course you do–every author does! And we’re talking about the top five of all ...
2013 Southern Cal Writers Conference Tasty Tidbits
Per their usual, the SCWC team pulled off another helpful conference. What I really appreciate about SCWC is its committment to meet writers where we are, on the road to publication in the 21st century. Sure, with all the new ...
Why Indie Author Did NOT Sell His e-Book Rights to Simon & Schuster
Click here to read this inspiring story of an author who initially said 'No Thank-You' to Simon & Schuster's offer to publish his ebook.
'.....At some point, he said, when you’re making enough money, you want to please your customers.'
What ‘FREE’ Means In Web World Speak
In the last two years that I've been offering free video quick query letter critiques, writers know that I post them sans all identifying information. Why do I offer this service? I'm good at it and the videos expand my real-time workshop ...
Tim Ferriss: Writing Is The Easy Part
Take a look at a day (or week) in the life of a NYT best selling independent author, Tim Ferriss. As I tell writers all the time,writing the book is the easiest part. Selling it? Ah, there's the challenge. Click ...
Author Tim Ferriss Defies Traditional Publishing!
'.....Last week, Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust sold roughly 66,000 books through BookScan. If you walk into Barnes & Noble, you will likely see walls of her books, which her publisher has paid for, just like Coca-Cola pays ...