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Sep.18.2012
Colleen Hoover's Slammed to reach eighth place this weekend ahead of ebooks by James Patterson and Karin Slaughter Alison Flood guardian.co.uk,...
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Sep.14.2012
Columns, David Gaughran, Homepage Feature • David Gaughran • Jul 20, 2012
Penguin’s parent company, Pearson, has announced the purchase of Author Solutions for $116m – news which has shocked writers, especially given Author Solutions...
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Jun.24.2012
Lately, fully into the process of writing again – the sequel to my novel – I sometimes wake up with phrases. Yesterday it was: Outsight is the dream, insight is reality. Aha, not just a nice wordplay, I thought, but a fitting indication for what happens in the creative, intuitive process...
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Feb.27.2012
I write for adults. I always have. Don’t get me wrong, I like children’s books. I got a kick out of Treasure Island, enjoyed The Hobbit (yes, it’s a children’s book; get over it), attended my seven years at Hogwarts, and love Carlos Ruiz-Zafón’s early novels. I’d even like to take a stab at the...
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Feb.20.2012
I found this article by Tanya Hall quite interesting and decided it was worth sharing. You can find the original article at: http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Truth-Behind-Bestseller-Books-and-The-Syst... To learn more about its author, please visit: http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Tanya_Hall I...
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Feb.13.2012
BookRooster.com is an interesting service. You send them a MOBI (format for Kindle) file and they put a call on a community of over 3,000 readers to find ten reviewers to post a critique on amazon.com for $67 per book. Like many of these services, you get an unbiased review...
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Jan.30.2012
As I navigate the world of publishing (self-publishing in my case), I keep learning more about it. However, the more I understand it, the less it makes sense to me. Let me explain myself. Say an established house published your book. You are a freshman author and lets say–for argument’s sake–...
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Jan.23.2012
There is a delicate balance between research and what ends up in the page. I want to be as realistic and accurate as possible, without interrupting the plot or turning the book into some poor excuse for a manual. When I did the practical research for my novel, one of the things I was looking...
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Jan.09.2012
A book annalist once told me that he didn’t care for Eric’s "excessive and casual violence.” Kindly enough, this gentleman proceeded to help me by suggesting that I read one or two books from a popular author with a character he felt was similar to mine. The good news was...
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Jan.04.2012
A fresh start after a dismall 12 years where I lived during my childhood and adolecence was needed. As i was heading off to college in a new city with a whole new set of experiences and people I felt this reinvention would be easy. Most of this is true but other things happened in the two years I...
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