Posts Tagged ‘books’
Posted on August 20, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
Writing Reviews Can Help You, Too!
Writing a review of someone else’s work is probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to learn how to do. Teleporting out of my creative mindset to critique a book or a movie was pretty challenging, because it forced me to deconstruct how someone else put together a particular body of work. So [...]
Posted on July 10, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
Special Thanks to Author Paul Genesse
One of the things I love about being a writer, is the ability to connect with other authors and professionals I admire. Usually I go to quite a few conventions every year, and in about a month I’ll be speaking at the Writer’s Symposium as part of GenCon: Indy 2009. I’m very grateful to Jean [...]
Posted on June 8, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
Publishing’s Future may be a Paradigm Shift
One of the hot topics over the past, few weeks as been the “future of publishing.” At BookExpo America, the Future is Digital, according to the Washington Post. (You can also find a lot more information on the topic through Publishers Weekly.) While I’m offering my opinions related to the future of professional publishing and [...]
Posted on May 29, 2009 - by Monica Valentinelli
My Philosophy on Writers, Readers and Critics
After a very, busy week following my appearance at WisCon 2009, I felt it was time to sit down and share my philosophy toward other writers, readers and critics. In the past, two weeks I’ve met more new people on-and-offline than I have in the past year. Since many people are unfamiliar with me and [...]
Posted on May 23, 2008 - by Monica Valentinelli
Should Books Come With Content Ratings?
Lately I’ve been hearing more and more about how valuable books are that can be considered “slipstream” or simply, books that can be marketed toward multiple markets and genres. On the one hand, this makes total sense to me but, on the other, it can create a lot of confusion.
[Edit for clarity] On average, [...]
Posted on February 22, 2008 - by Matt M. McElroy
ePublishing 101 – Collected Edition
ePublishing 101 is a tutorial on every aspect of doing business as a PDF publisher, covering topics from planning and production to release and marketing, and everything in between– giving readers the benefit of the extensive experience of Phil Reed of Ronin Arts and Gareth-Michael Skarka of Adamant Entertainment.
Anyone interested in creating and self-publishing their [...]
Posted on February 8, 2008 - by Matt M. McElroy
Make a Real Living as a Freelance Writer
How to Win Top Writing Assignments
Secrets are revealed about what the high-paying magazines really want, how to build relationships with editors, how to ascertain which sections of a magazine are open to freelancers, what kinds of stories are in demand, what to do if a deadbeat publisher doesn’t pay up, how to market reprints, and [...]
Posted on February 1, 2008 - by Matt M. McElroy
POD People
Beating the Print-on-Demand Stigma
POD People. Seems like they’re everywhere all of a sudden. Thousands of authors are publishing their books via print-on-demand, but only a very small percentage of them find any kind of success. Why? POD People must not only act as author, but also publisher, advertiser, editor, agent and graphic designer.
The sad truth [...]
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