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Jane Friedman is the web editor for the Virginia Quarterly Review, where she oversees digital content strategy and online marketing/promotion. Before joining VQR, Jane was a full-time assistant professor of e-media at the University of Cincinnati and former publisher of Writer’s Digest.

She has spoken on writing, publishing, and the future of media at more than 200 events since 2001, including South by Southwest, the Whidbey MFA residency, BookExpo America, and the Association of Writers and Writing Programs.

Jane has more than a decade of hands-on experience in using new media and technology to engage and grow both online and offline communities. Her expertise has been featured by NPR’s Morning Edition, Publishers Weekly, GalleyCat, IBPA In...more


Should you self-publish?


Today’s guest post is by Orna Ross (@OrnaRoss), director of the Alliance of Independent Authors.



Self-publishing is not for every writer. In order to succeed, you need to have or develop specific traits, along with certain ways of approaching the publication of a book. Consider the following questions.


1. Are you positive and proactive?

Many writers wait for permission from an agent or publishe...

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Published on May 17, 2013 02:00 • 3 views
Average rating: 4.09 · 43 ratings · 10 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors
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Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton
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"Your post title should be the real title, and any title in the body can be removed.

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“Marketing is not what lures a writer to this pursuit. Marketing is the adversary that arrives smuggled inside the Trojan Horse of one’s creative impulse.”
Jane Friedman




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message 13: by Douglas

Douglas Wickard Thanks for friending me, Jane... looking forward to checking out your list! Can always use them in this new age of social media marketing!!!
Cheers and Happy Valentine's Day!
Douglas


message 12: by Sara

Sara Thank you for the friendship, Jane! Your Twitter links are excellent.


message 11: by Shelley

Shelley Jerige Dearest Jane,
How I admire your command of the sentence. You savour them. All the volumes and volumes of work you have had to do to be able to write like fresh cream and the first dandelion in a jelly jar. And now this challenge to expand the writing life into the ether. I'm both grateful and humbled to be your friend. Perhaps we'll meet some day in the physical world. I'd like that.


message 10: by Shirley

Shirley Thank you for adding me. I'm looking forward to reading more of your posts.


message 9: by Jodi

Jodi Q Hill Thanks for the add, Jane :)


message 8: by Leon

Leon Shure Thanks for adding me as a friend,

Leon Shure


Margaret Langstaff Well, hey, hullo, and hi, Jane. Check my profile. We're a match, sort of. I am truthfully not very good at keeping up with all of this. I spend most of my time writing stories and books, but I do the best I can. Thanks for being my friend.


message 6: by Jonas

Jonas Saul Thank you for the add, Jane.

Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Daryl Sedore




Steve Jane, you gave me the link (okay, I remember thanking you for that *smiling*) and I'm only just thanking you for being my first friend on here. Sincerely, thank you -x- It was a lovely & thoughtful gesture -x-


message 4: by Mike

Mike Jane, Thanks for the add. Look forward to see what the experts are reading, and getting a few modern pointers. I'm still way out-of-date.


message 3: by Beth

Beth Hi Jane,
Thanks for befriending me here as well as on Facebook!


message 2: by Rahma

Rahma Krambo Thanks for the add. I also follow your blog and updates on Writer's Digest and Facebook.


Lakisha Jane, thank you so much for the add. I enjoy the Writer's Digest magazine and emails I get from it too.


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