Publishing Talk Magazine 01, Jul-Aug 2012 – Crime Writing
Issue #01, Jul-Aug 2012 – Crime Writing
Welcome to the very first edition of Publishing Talk Magazine. Our theme for issue #01 is crime writing - available now as:
Print magazine ($5.00) from MagCloud (includes free digital edition)
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Kindle (text only) from Amazon.com ($0.99) or Amazon.co.uk (£0.77).
With two major crime writing events upon us on both sides of the Atlantic – the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in the UK and the Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference in the US – we’ve turned to crime for our first issue, and interrogated two bestselling crime authors. Danuta Kean speaks to queen of crime Val McDermid about how she finds inspiration for her writing. And self-published author Kerry Wilkinson tells us how he topped the Kindle charts – and why he’s now signed with a traditional publisher.
Tom Evans also offers advice on overcoming the top five things that stop us from writing. Kirsty McLachlan lifts the lid on some backdoor routes to getting an agent. And if you want to promote your books, there’s advice on using the social network everyone’s talking about at the moment: Pinterest; tips for using WordPress; and a step-by-step tutorial on promoting your blog with Twitter. Whether publisher or author, most of us have to do some public speaking as part of our job. Publishing careers consultant Suzanne Collier has some practical advice for giving a talk in public.
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What we’re talking about in this issue
Issue #01 includes:
Letter from the editor
Trending Topics – Book Buzz and Forthcoming Events
Murder in Mind – Danuta Kean asks Val McDermid where she finds her ideas
10 Ways to Win with WordPress
The Way to Write – Five Things That Stop You Writing by Tom Evans
How to Promote Your Books With Pinterest
The Accidental Author – Jon Reed ask Kerry Wilkinson how he topped the Kindle Charts
Ask an Agent – Backdoor Routes to Getting a Literary Agent by Kirsty McLachlan
How to Tweet Your Blog – a step-by-step tutorial on using Twitterfeed
Publishing Careers – Giving a Talk in Public by Suzanne Collier
Available now from MagCloud as a full-colour print and digital magazine, and from Amazon.com orAmazon.co.uk as a text-only Kindle edition.
