Take a good look, folks. See that writer’s latest blog post in your feed? Soon, that smilin’ mug will grace a book jacket. We are the next generation of book authors. Glorious times, my friends, glorious times. In the last six months, I’ve had several writers in my blog circle announce the securing of agents [...]
Long time readers of this blog know that I love Smashwords. I’ve written about it on several occasions and I truly believe that it is one of the best tools out there to get your writing work noticed. I won’t go into great detail here because I’ve done that in a previous post. I will [...]
Of COURSE I want to be published, ya knucklehead. That’s why I read all of the writing blogs! Umm, okay. That’s a really good start. It’s important to get a feel for what writers have to say about publishing. Some writers even have some great words of wisdom that can help new writers avoid some [...]
Working in a library has given me a whole new perspective on books and writing. Every day I’m surrounded by books. There are shelves of them staring at me. They stack up in the book drop. They come to my check out counter. They end up on my desk for mending. The new ones wait [...]
I pulled this up from the archives today because there is some relevance and new info to discuss. When I wrote this post back in October of last year, I blamed the editor. I’ve learned a lot and after painfully working through yet another poorly written book, I’ve decided the blame does not belong to [...]
