advice and competition for writers
The New Year brought us a new author with her first book release from Rocking Horse Publishing. Yesterday, I spent an hour or so chatting with Charlotte Howard about her steamy novel, Seven Dirty Words. We had hoped to get together on Skype for this interview, but that didn’t quite work out. Read on… “All [...]
Want to see your book published? Let’s talk about the money. An author has many options for publishing, and there’s no single “right” answer for everyone. What it comes down to, however, is to either self-publish or try for an agent/contract – not that you need an agent to obtain a contract, especially in the [...]
“poignant and compelling — don’t miss it” In The Fires of Waterland, emerging author Raymond Alexander Kukkee has produced a powerful coming-of-age tale. His characters are vividly drawn, with utterly convincing dialogue. The story of Fletcher Williams’ troubled but hope-filled childhood develops through a series of bittersweet flashbacks. We learn that “Fetch” is an orphan; but [...]
Aught-thirteen has arrived, with all the hope and promise of a New Year’s blank slate. How will you chalk up success in the next twelve months? What are your goals for 2013? Do you want to … increase your freelance writing income? complete your first novel? “break through” and get published? grow your audience? sell [...]
I kept a close eye on Robin’s excited Facebook posts as she completed her novel Reduced, began the Query process, had a contract offer, published her paperback, and released the ebook version. When my copy arrived in the mail, I opened it eagerly and plunged into a world filled with political tension and deadly biological [...]
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