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Feb.20.2008
In what Harken House Publisher Sylvia Wiseword says is "a natural evoution," human authors will be phased out of the book-production process nearly entirely by 2010.
"Although naturally, this is a stressful period for some, it was really the natural evolution of narrative production...
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Feb.09.2008
Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu is one way to say “Happy New Year” in Japanese. Literally it means something like, “Congratulations on the opening of the new year,” and I like to think that at this time we’re all open to new possibilities (even though we’re already getting into February). For those...
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Feb.06.2008
There are a lot of tools you, as a new author trying to pitch your book, can use to help you stand out from the pack. Over the next few blogs I’ll be discussing some of those (and in earlier blogs I talked about good form in query letters).
One really useful tool is variously known as the ‘...
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Feb.01.2008
THE LIAR’S CLUB
The writing life is always interesting but it isn’t always fun. Most writers don’t make enough cash; reviewers can be savage; with the sagging economy book sales are down; and publishers mostly don’t spend much bread on promotion.
To want to be a professional author you really need...
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Jan.14.2008
Hello, Red Room!
I'm brand-new here, but not to writing. I've published 13 self-help books since my first one in 1980.
Publishing and I have both been through a lot of ups and downs since 1978, when I signed my first book contract, and we're in the beginning throes of a new publishing revolution...
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Jan.13.2008
Every writer knows that a good query letter is crucial in getting a manuscript read by an agent, which is the first step in getting an offer for representation. This is the query I sent for MIDORI BY MOONLIGHT. This letter elicited a lot of requests from agents for the full manuscript and...
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Jan.11.2008
This is the final year of Susie Bright's landmark Best American Erotica series. In that link, you'll find a detailed post by Susie about why the series is ending.
I'm very sad. I'm sad not only that the series is ending, but also because I fear that Bright is quite correct in her thoughts on...
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