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On The Importance of Being Found
Or, “Why Your Contact Information Matters.” This week, I have a professional opportunity to put in front of a group of writers. Finding contact information turned out to be much harder than it should...
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Revisiting the Wherefore
About three years ago, my first novel came out. No, wait. That’s not right. Let’s try… About three years ago, I released my first novel. Each sentence is nine words long. The end result — readers...
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In Which I Expound On Reviews and Awareness
Do reviews matter? The answer depends on who you ask, how you define “reviews,” and what you mean by “matter.” Ask a trade-published writer, and you’ll likely learn a review is first and foremost...
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The Short Version, Because That’s All It Needs
From The Guardian comes this observant article on the success women are finding in self-publishing. Reactions can be summed up thusly: “Let me argue the methodology! Let me discredit a single line in...
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Of Overused Catchphrases, Heartening Opportunities, and the Unintentional...
Via a Twitter link, I came upon Infodump, Mary Sue, and Other Words That Authors Are Sick of Hearing. I’m a little bit in love with it, truly. Don’t even attempt the comments unless you want to watch a...
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Obviously, No.
Some professional writing organizations have opted to admit self-publishing writers at an alarming pace, insisting three or four or five years is plenty long enough to spend debating the issue. It...
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Barnes and Nobles Wants To Be Author Solutions When It Grows Up
If you haven’t yet seen it, do check out the FAQ for the Barnes and Noble/Nook Press satirical attempt to offer self-publishing “services.” David Gaughran has more. My favorite part is the $399...
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Does Convention Visibility Matter?
In the past few weeks, I’ve seen many successful writers make mention of the issue of visibility – the connecting of interested reader with published story. These writers were not happy with their...
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A Window To Kindle Scout Perspectives
I really didn’t want to blog about Amazon’s Kindle Scout—I’m not interested in the good/bad debate—but I do think the conversation about the program is highlighting perfectly the business divide...
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Serpent Heart
Less than a month ago, I discovered a novella I’d written — and thought lost forever — many years past. By this weekend, I’ll start rolling it out through distributors. It’ll show up at Smashwords...
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If Self-Publishing Is On Your Mind
… and if you’re worried about doing it “right,” check out When You Are Your Own Publisher over at Jaye’s blog. Don’t let fear of making a mistake keep you from reaching for accomplishment. Mistakes are...
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Reviewing Reviews
After hanging around writers in various states of publish for the last twenty-plus years, you’d think I’d have internalized the “Don’t read your reviews!” advice. After hanging around me for not too...
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An Additional Piece on Author Solutions
David Gaughran takes on the Author Solutions situation again, this time from the perspective of their participation in a Canadian book festival. The festival’s stance boils down to, “Well, writers...
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On Self-Publishing: An Informed Article
From Forbes, The Future of Self-Publishing: “There is a steep learning curve to self-publishing, and it’s one that not every author wants to, or is able to climb. If you have a traditional publishing...
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Judith Tarr on Escaping Stockholm
Novelist and equine expert Judith Tarr has had quite enough of seeing writers pushed and manipulated by publishers. The first segment of her series “Escaping Stockholm” is here. At the end of that...
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Interesting Timing
Today I followed a link provided by David Gaughran to a website run by Bowker (the exclusive provider of ISBN numbers in the U.S.). The site purports to be informational for folks looking to...
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Warning All Writers Should Heed
David Gaughran outlines the on-going influence and growing reach of the Penguin-owned vanity publisher Author Solutions. Follow the links he has provided. You’ll find an extensive background on Author...
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What a Writer Deserves
From Joe Ponepinto at The Saturday Morning Post: “Literary writing teachers are fond of telling students they should write for the love of writing itself. But I wonder what they would tell their...
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Writing Time, Production Time, and Assumptions
A few weeks ago, awesome writer Charlie Stross wrote on why he doesn’t self-publish. I considered responding, then realized there was no reason. Too often, commenting on such a post to offer a...
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The Story of Self-Publishing
While the success of Hugh Howey–top-selling book sales, movie deal, major print-only contracts–has garnered increasing media attention, those who still wish to denigrate self-publishing are quick to...
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