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Sep.26.2011
Writing, especially if you're going the indie route, requires a lot of non-writing stuff.
When I got the rights back to my Pine Hills Police novels, FINDING SARAH and HIDDEN FIRE, and I decided to consolidate the 4 short stories featuring Randy and Sarah into a single volume, FINDING FIRE. (...
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Sep.08.2011
I'm continuing my "All About Characters" seminar at Coffee Time Romance with a discussion of the various types of characters today: Stars, Supporting Cast, Extras, Walk-ons and Spear Carriers. Please drop by. But don't forget to come back.
The big switch in publishing is into digital formats...
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Aug.24.2011
This is me at the time of my first professional writing gig.
In 1976, I was an 8th grade misfit at an academically boffo but ideologically stifling Evangelical school. Girls in my class consumed True Confessions Magazine every month. (Who loves porn more than Puritan's, right?) Reading stories...
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Jun.04.2011
There is a conspiracy going on in publishing and has to do with the reluctance, nay, the determination not to embrace digital technology.
Publishers price ebooks nearly as high as hard cover books. The thinking would appear to be publishers are determined to get more money for the writer. That is...
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May.30.2011
First: A very Big Thank You to those who have served to protect our country.
Next: Tomorrow is the last day for my May contest, given the dearth of entries, it's likely to be the last contest I run here for a while. Click the contest tab to enter.
When I started writing, my first publications...
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May.25.2011
First, if you're twittering, are you doing a good job of it? Here's a way to see if you're making the grade!
www.twittergrader.com
If you follow everyone and their brother and no one follows you, you probably won't be making the higher grade. If you don't post every once in a while or you post...
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May.13.2011
In the Dead of the Night
Ebook By Terry Spear Published: May. 05, 2011 Category: Fiction » Literature » Romance - Suspense Category: Fiction » Literature » ...
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Apr.18.2011
After spending the morning reading articles on digital piracy and showing that you can drive sales to your book, it seems more and more that that publishing is doing less and less and expecting more of authors. In the case of digital piracy, publishers expect authors to give up royalties, and in...
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Apr.16.2011
Well, it's done. The proof arrived and was perfect this time, thanks to help from CreateSpace and the program I bought to embed italics in the text. Another small purchase for me and a big step toward publication. For whatever it is worth, Among Women is now a live book and ready for sale. I bought...
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Apr.10.2011
An agent asked a question on her blog about why authors really wanted to go with traditional publishing in this day and age of easy access to self-publishing. Almost all of the answers were the same. Many writers wanted the resources (copy editing, marketing, promotion, covers, etc.) of traditional...
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