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Self-publishing is not REALLY “self” any more than Traditional Publishing is “full-service”

A week or so ago, Mike Satzkin coined the phrase “full-service publishing” to replace traditional publishing and legacy publishing. And Rachelle Gardner asked if we liked it. You can read both articles, if you’d like, and while you’re on Rachelle’s blog read the many different opinions on the subject. You can even find mine if you want.People were very much divided on the the whole “traditional” vs. “legacy” vs. “full-service.”

I really don’t like putting labels on… anything, really. (Although...

don’t get caught running someone else’s race

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My pastor shared a story last week that I’m about to retell. I’llget some of the facts wrong, make others up, but still, the originalmessage will be there. (The reasons I’m making changes to the story is because I simply can’t remember the tiny details. Sorry, Marcus.)

It’s a story about an Atlantacouple in their 60′s who decided to enter a 10k race together.

The man — we’ll call him Frank —planned to run the race,and the woman… uh… Mari...

Is Chivalry Dead?

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So, I’m sitting at home Tuesday morning, taking a rare quiet moment to finish my coffee and catch up on a little blog important news reading. I figured I needed that extra quiet moment to completely recover from a crazy, busy weekend before I entered a crazy, busy work week.

Then, my phone chimed.

Monthly tax update – 30 min.

Shit!

It takes me anywhere from 25 to 40 minutes in the morningsto get to my downtown office, depending on traffic.

I jumped up...

Some Thoughts on New Adult: A New Genre or a Traditional Publishing Nightmare?

Several monthsago I started noticing the phrase “new adult” being mentioned everywhere. Mostly on blogs and twitter. It was the newest and hottest genre. And it wasn’t.

What??!!

That’s right. If you look around and do searches for “new adult” you’ll find varying and contradicting opinions about what new adult isand where it’s going.

I know you’ll find this as a ginormous surprise… I’ve got some thoughts on the subject.

#1 — First, what is new adult?

According to Wikipedia:

New-adult Fiction or post...

Pitch Your Novel in 140 Characters For A Home Run

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Last week, I lurked around WriteOnCon, the online, totally free writers conference. It’s mainly a conference for Young Adult writers, but there was lots to learn by all writers. AND IT WAS FREE. (Did I say that already?) And all of the information is still available. NO EXCUSES!

The most valuable information I soaked induring the conference was the information that somany agents, editors, and publised authors were willing to share about the state o...

Friday Fun: Anxiety Girl

I thought a little Friday fun was in order today…

My friend, Rachel, sent this to me, and my husband declared that I needed a T-shirt with this on it. I’m a little hurt that he thought so, but…

Any fun weekend plans??? We’re supposed to have gorgeous weather here. And it’s about time!!