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Dancing With Myself

Rejection is part of the publishing process. Tell us your most memorable rejections—whether it be from queries, agents, editors, or reviewers.. Anything from your funniest to your most devastating (and how you recovered), and anything in between.

by Paul D. Marks

Oh, have I got material for this one. Not all are rejections per se. Some are just funny anecdotes about why something didn’t get bought. And many of these stories pertain to scripts and Hollywood, rather than publishing stories and/or...

The never-ending story.

"Rejection is part of the publishing process. Tell us your most memorable rejections—whether it be from queries, agents, editors, or reviewers. Anything from  your funniest to your most devastating (and how you recovered), and anything in between." 
by guest-blogger Lori Rader-Day
Catriona writes: I'm at the beach and Lori is on a launch-week blogstravaganza for her splendid new novel UNDER A DARK SKY, so she's popped into Criminal Acres to answer this week's question. Lori, take it a...

I know I can...I know I can... by Cathy Ace

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Keep on sailing

Rejection is part of the publishing process. Tell us your most memorable rejections—whether it be from queries, agents, editors, or reviewers. Anything from  your funniest to your most devastating (and how you recovered), and anything in between.
Rejections.I can't tell  you much about my rejections, as I tend to forget them pretty fast. Well, I guess I forget everything pretty fast, the wins and the loses. But some memories remain. I do have a vague recollection of standing by...

Say Yes, Say No....

Q: Rejection is part of the publishing process. Tell us your most memorable rejections—whether it be from queries, agents, editors, or reviewers. Anything from your funniest to your most devastating (and how you recovered), and anything in between.-from Susan
Whoops. Posting late today with apologies. Maybe it’s because rejection isn’t my favorite topic. No one likes being turned down for anything. It makes us feel vulnerable, not good enough, inadequate. And our manuscripts are our...

Property Values

"I just updated my newsletter, my bio, and my website. That smell?
That's book sales, son! Or my following. I'm not sure."
By Danny Gardner


My website stinks. I can't even lie. I envisioned it as a hub for some self-branded platform. Corral everyone interested in my work with random musings, fun anecdotes, and socially relevant asides as I ready each novel for their continued enjoyment. Man, oh man, if websites were houses and crime fiction was the block, my crib would be the one bringing t...

The Interwebs

Tell us about your website…how does it work for you as a business tool? How did you decide upon its content, design and tone?

From Jim

Here’s a link to my website. https://jameswziskin.com/

I look at it this way: you don’t necessarily score any points for building a great website, but you definitely lose points for hosting a bad one. Or if you don’t have one at all. I don’t believe websites sell books, but they’re necessary to provide essential information for your readers.

I think any write...

An untangled web

Tell us about your website…how does it work for you as a business tool? How did you decide upon its content, design and tone?
by Dietrich Kalteis
It’s like home base on the internet, a place where I can easily be found, my main presence on the web. It’s got content and updates about my existing and upcoming books, ebooks and audiobooks, as well as a bio and contact info. It lists upcoming events, with links to my publisher’s site, Facebook, Twitter, review sites and blog sites like this one and...

An Absolute Necessity

By R.J. Harlick
Tell us about your website…how does it work for you as a business tool? How did you decide upon its content, design and tone?
I think an author website is likely THE most important tool an author can use to tell readers about their books and about themselves as writers. As a reader, I often go to an author’s site when I’m deciding on whether I want to read one of their books and will become quite annoyed when I don’t find one. 
Once my first book, Death’s Golden Whisper...

Websites for Authors

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