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January 23, 2013
Why Are We Writing?
Today’s guest post comes from Conny Manero, a writer friend of mine from our online article-writing days. She has published three books, and is working on several other manuscripts. From Conny: “Why are we writing? “With the birth of self-publishing companies, a lot of people reached for pen and paper, or fired up their computer [...]
January 22, 2013
Even in the quietest moments...
Reblogged from mishaburnett: I have noticed recently an unintended side effect from my commitment to write every day. It's a little tough to explain, but I guess I could say that the boring stuff that I don't want to write is turning out to not be so boring after all. Allow me to elucidate. Right [...]
January 21, 2013
Rocking Horse Publishing
The other day, I asked a publisher friend of mine WHY she hadn’t warned me about this publishing business thingy. Her answer: misery loves company. Of course, she added a few “hahahas.” Sigh. So here’s the short version: Many of you know that self-publishing, or SP, still operates under a stigma of sorts. Not from [...]
January 19, 2013
It's Nearly Time!!
Reblogged from Charlotte Howard: Apologies for the amount of exclamation marks I will be using during this post, but I am a little bit excited! Seven Dirty Words will be launched on the 29th January - that's 11 days away people!! It still doesn't feel real. It will be available in a variety of places [...]
January 18, 2013
Rocking Horse Publishing Introduces New Author, Charlotte Howard!
This morning, I’d like you to meet CHARLOTTE HOWARD, author of Rocking Horse Publishing’s upcoming release, SEVEN DIRTY WORDS. Both paperback and e-book versions will be released on January 29, 2013 – in just ten days! Charlotte comes to us from the UK, with a strong background in non-fiction writing as well as some creative [...]
January 17, 2013
Global Ebook Awards
Reblogged from melinda clayton: A couple of weeks ago I received an email from Tracy Riva, a reviewer who reviews books not only on her own blog, but also for Midwest Book Reviews. Ms. Riva was recommending Appalachian Justice for nomination for Dan Poynter's Global Ebook Award. A couple of days ago, I received notification [...]
Random Website Idea
Reblogged from Michelle Proulx - The Blog: I randomly came up with this idea whilst contemplating how hit-and-miss self-published books can be in terms of quality. The story can be fantastic, but if the editing is terrible, I won't be able to get past the first couple of pages. Which leads me to wonder ... [...]
January 16, 2013
Characters and Camaros
Today, my guest is Sharon Hopkins, author of Killerwatt, Killerfind, and the soon-to-be-released Killertrust. You all met her husband, Bill, last week – together these two are the Deadly Duo. READ THEIR BOOKS, and you’ll know why; between them, they’re showing a respectable body count as per their novels (disclaimer, in case anyone reading is [...]
January 15, 2013
I was wrong.
Reblogged from mishaburnett: I am the sort of person who doesn't believe Wet Paintsigns. I mean, sure, somebody took the time and effort to print up the sign, and stick it up with some masking tape, but that's just hearsay evidence. It could be an old sign, or it could be a prank, or it [...]
January 14, 2013
New Critique Feature!
Here’s your invite: send me an email with a 1000-word excerpt from your WIP, or even your published novel, and open it up to all my blog readers for a critique. I’ll have some guidelines in place for commenters, and I DO have approval settings on here. That means that I won’t allow any personal [...]
