Industry experts at Publishers Weekly wrote an informative article about the growth of e-books in the children’s segment. You can find it here: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/childrens-announcements/article/50691-spring-2012-children-s-announcements.html . One thing that this tells me, is it’s a good idea to diversify. If you write for one genre, you can, and probably should consider branching out into others. In addition to… [Read more…]
Here’s a newly identified goal for 2012: I posted 1-2x/week. One post was about whatever “moves” me, and the other post was about some aspect of the writing industry, as seen through an unpublished author’s eyes. My blogs were more frequent and more content relevant. If you’ve read my previous posts re: goal setting, then the… [Read more…]
Wow! It is difficult to explain how it feels to see something you’ve worked on, for several years, finally become a reality. The print version of my book will be available from Amazon. I received the second proof today, and it looks fabulous! “Thank you” to my husband. He is my sounding board. “Thank you” to… [Read more…]
Today, I’m thinking about a friend, not a close friend, who is very pessimistic. Things are always happening to this person. I listen, sometimes for hours, as she provides a litany of either the day’s events, or past events that have had a negative impact on her. She’s not an action-oriented person. I’ve met lots of people like her… [Read more…]
If you’re a writer and haven’t checked out http://redroom.com/, you really should. So far, I’ve found some great blogs about writing. Here’s one: http://redroom.com/member/luke-james/blog/fiction-writing-tips-anne-enright I’ve never read Anne Enright’s work, but now she’s on my reading list. Yesterday, I received a rejection from Chronicle Books. Apparently, the editor to whom I’d sent my manuscript, left to live in… [Read more…]
While reviewing a few blogs at Redroom.com, I came across this article: http://redroom.com/member/kristen-j-tsetsi/blog/former-random-house-author-self-publishes-thriller-that-views-911-from- Earlier this year, I listened to Alex Kava (during a breakout session at the Nebraska Writer’s Guild Conference) discuss ebook publishing. She is the one who inspired me to go that route. If an established author is thinking about it, why shouldn’t… [Read more…]
I am consistently amazed at the wealth of information that can be found during an internet search. Not to date myself too much, but I remember the days of the floppy disk. Really, it flopped. Don’t laugh if you weren’t there. I also remember switching from those disks to the sort of squarish disks — I don’t… [Read more…]
This book about building a platform is great so far! When I attended a conference earlier this year, the subject of “platform” came up. I had no clue what it meant. In fact, I sort of felt like the only one who didn’t, but now I do! I’m only on chapter one, but I’ve already… [Read more…]
May 8, 2012
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