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July 29, 2020
The Biggest Writing Craft Issue New Novelists Face, and 7 Ways to Avoid It. – by Anne R. Allen…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
We all have a writing craft issue or two…or three or four or five, no matter where we are in our careers. Yes, even professional authors who have written ten…
We all have a writing craft issue or two…or three or four or five, no matter where we are in our careers. Yes, even professional authors who have written ten…
July 26, 2020
100 Common Publishing Terms – by Robert Lee Brewer…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Writers Digest: Here’s a list of 100 common publishing terms and their definitions, including the meanings of ARC, high concept, simultaneous submissions, and so much more. Get Full Details HERE
on Writers Digest: Here’s a list of 100 common publishing terms and their definitions, including the meanings of ARC, high concept, simultaneous submissions, and so much more. Get Full Details HERE
July 14, 2020
Social Media Image and Video Sizes Cheat Sheet 2020 [Infographic] – by Andrew Hutchinson…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Social Media Today: With social media feeds getting ever more crowded, winning attention for your business also becomes ever more difficult. In amongst the thousands of posts, updates and…
on Social Media Today: With social media feeds getting ever more crowded, winning attention for your business also becomes ever more difficult. In amongst the thousands of posts, updates and…
July 11, 2020
No-Comma Zones!
Grammar Police do exist. They’re called agents. I present as evidence a memory of my then-agent saying that when she saw a comma after “and” or “but” in a query or manuscript, she quit reading. I consider her automatic rejection … Continue reading →
July 5, 2020
The Hardest Comma Rule!
Mathina Calliope, at Jane Friedman’s site, does a terrific job of explaining essential/restrictive versus nonessential/nonrestrictive commas, with lot of examples. I know from many observations that writers struggle with this distinction. It’s one of what I argue are “the only … Continue reading →
June 22, 2020
So-True Post: Some Hard Facts about Publishing
Over at Writers in the Storm, guest blogger Tasha Seegmiller writes not to offer a “downer,” but instead, “to help people align their expectations of writing a little better.” This column reminded me how I’m constantly surprised by some of … Continue reading →
June 14, 2020
Questions to Ask Your Publisher Before You Sign the Contract – by Jane Friedman…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Over the weekend, you might have seen a writing-and-money topic trending on Twitter, #PublishingPaidMe, where authors started publicly sharing their advances. Such transparency is long overdue and—in this particular case—is…
Over the weekend, you might have seen a writing-and-money topic trending on Twitter, #PublishingPaidMe, where authors started publicly sharing their advances. Such transparency is long overdue and—in this particular case—is…
June 13, 2020
New “Latest”: Internet Archive to End “Emergency Library”
If you haven’t been following this issue of interest to writers, you can catch up with posts on the Internet Archive and its practice of scanning and giving away copyrighted books for free, here and here. Claiming the cover of … Continue reading →
June 2, 2020
Latest on Internet Archive/Copyright Infringement
With so much going on, don’t lose sight of what’s happening to your books. Not everyone agrees that having free books going out *freely* is bad for writers, but you at least need to be able to choose. Victoria Strauss … Continue reading →
May 30, 2020
Amazon Is NOT Your Publisher
Originally posted on Marketing Christian Books:
I am surprised by the number of indie and self-published authors who tell me that the publisher of their book is Amazon, Kindle Direct Publishing, or IngramSpark. It is clear to me that these…
I am surprised by the number of indie and self-published authors who tell me that the publisher of their book is Amazon, Kindle Direct Publishing, or IngramSpark. It is clear to me that these…
