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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 ...
Writing Poetry: Therapeutic For Folks Fighting Cancer
The Prickly Pear Poetry Project on Publishing
By Tammi J Truax
One of the beautiful things about the work that is generated in Prickly Pear Poetry Workshops, and hopefully after participants attend them, is that it is the rawest of writing. By ...
NEW! Quick Query Critique #134: On the Border of Time Fiction/Time Travel Romance
Dear ________:
I’m seeking representation for my time travel romance, On the Border of Time.
As archivist for the Hixson Mills Historical Society, Julia Pickett is entrusted with the care and preservation of the whispered words of the past found within ...
AUTHOR Alert: Shady Contracts So Be Aware!
Editor Jean Jenkins posted this from Writer Beware. Says Jean: A gem of a post about contract clauses to watch out for. (and don't miss the comments)
Writers, note the publisher....one of the big 6 no less.
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 ...
Networking Writers: It Pays Off
Once again, the 2013 Southern California Writers Conference was a weekend to remember. Per my usual, I encouraged writers to collect emails and business cards-not just from 'the experts'-but from each other. You never know who you're going to meet, ...
The NEW Adult Fiction Genre Popping Up!
Last week, I posted this blog in Authors Popping Above the Noise about Genese Davis.
This week, Huff Post Books blogger, Jocelyn Kelley, posted this column about the 'new adult fiction genre' which defines exactly the dilemma Genese found herself in ...
The Future of Publishing Platforms Is Here
Johnson’s futurism was followed by two presentations about current technology now changing the market: Matt MacInnis, detailed the public launch of Inkling Habitat, a free multimedia authoring platform that allows publishers to create multimedia-enriched digital content and distribute it through ...
How Important Is the Query Letter?
Bill Gibbons is the second subscriber/writer who made it past round one of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Writing contest. Like Dale Myers whose novel made it through round one in the 2012 contest, Bill credits the quick query critique he ...
QUICK QUERY CRITIQUE #132: The Light of Love/nonfiction/new age
QQC # 132:
THE LETTER
Dear -
Have you ever searched to redefine and reclaim your inner mastery of soul; or made a conscious decision to walk in the Divinity and Power of Love? “The Light of Love,” is a non-fiction New Age ...