In the month of January, I’m doing a Twitter Interview (Twitterview) of many of the participants of the #BookMarket chat. These are people who come and generously share their wisdom week after week. The Twitterviews give them a chance to shine. Today, I spoke with David Rozansky, @DavidRozansky. David is the owner of a local…
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Talking publishing in a big way with Kate from @CandlemarkGleam
In the month of January, I’m doing a Twitter Interview (Twitterview) of many of the participants of the #BookMarket chat. These are people who come and generously share their wisdom week after week. The Twitterviews give them a chance to shine. Today, I had a chance to chat with Kate from the eBook publisher @CandlemarkGleam…
The time is right for serial fiction!
We’re joined today by Kate Sullivan publisher extraordinaire at Candlemark and Gleam. This year, Kate decided to dip her toe into the river of serial fiction. She did so well, she’s never looking back. She joins us today to talk about the modern importance of serial fiction. ~~~~~~~~ The time is right. That’s all there…
5 things a NYT bestselling author will tell you about publishing*
Hey folks, Eisley James asked me to participate in her Independent Authors and Publishers series. You can check out the whole series here. Here’s my take. ~~~~~~ When Eisley asked if I would participate in this series, I assumed I’d wax on about our brilliance for starting a publishing company only days before the BIG…
Writer's Wednesday:Publishers support authors so authors can just write – annoying myth #1
You cannot imagine how many times I’ve heard “publishers support authors so authors can just write.” Or… “It used to be that publishers supported authors so authors could just write.” Or.. “I can’t wait until I’m published so I can just stay at home and write.” Or… “I wish was (fill in the blank with…
Writer's Wednesday : Books are dead… or are they?
From Newsweek: Books aren’t dead The number of books in print in 2008 rose 38 percent from the year before (which itself was up 38 percent from 2006). Where are all those books coming from? Both mainstream and self-publishers have contributed to the flood. But the real answer lies in university libraries, which are suddenly…
Thursday 13 – On publishing
Thursday 13 – On publishing (Thursday 13′s were revived by Janet and?Megan?) Ok, I’m on a little bit of a rant. So please forgive me, but I think people need to know about the changes in publishing. So many authors hold on to their fiction, hoping and praying for to win the lotto and a…
Publish or Perish
For much of my life, this was the motto. You have to publish or you’ll perish in achedemia. Day by day, research grant by research grant, theories and bullshit were pulled together into papers. Most papers were published because: Frank knew Sam Sam knew Joe Joe sits on John’s research grant committee. John’s brother’s wife’s…