Over the weekend at MARCon, I was on a panel that, at one point, discussed negative racial stereotypes in film and literature. The shorthand used to convey a […]
advertising / business of writing
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Podcasting Is Sampling For Indie Authors: Hear Three Stories From My Anthology For Free
I read a zombie story to two of my co-workers today during a break. Specifically, I read "Kicking the Habit". It’s a romantic zombie story (YES IT IS) […]
business of writing / self-promotion / writing
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Writing Your Author Bio – An Exercise in Extremely Short Promotion
It doesn’t seem like it should be a big deal. But it is. Your bio – which will appear in program guides, anthologies, and after magazine articles, should […]
business of writing
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Graphs of Alliteration Ink’s Sales (presented with little commentary)
Here’s some graphs and numbers about the books Alliteration Ink has published over the last year. You can clearly see that fourth quarter in 2012 was not good […]
business of writing / publishing
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There Is No Orthodoxy (Or Always Best Way) To Publish Any More
Publishing these days is like investing. What you find to be the best way to do it may NOT be the best way for another person. Yes, we […]
amazon / business / business of writing / publishing / self-publishing
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Amazon’s Policy Leads To Deletion of Author’s Reviews – And Possibly Yours, Too.
On the second of November, Salon reported that Amazon was starting to remove author’s reviews.I can easily imagine what led to this policy. Remember R.J. Ellory from a […]