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Jan.23.2012
I’ve been writing a lot about creative intentions and thinking about my own for 2012. Now that the new year is settling in, I’d like to share some of what I’ll be up to over the coming 12 months.
1. PUBLISHING. It’s no news that I’m a convert to indie publishing, and have taken my rights back...
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Jan.16.2012
Firstly, allow me to apologize for boring many of you with the following piece, but I’ve seen many other Internet writers and self-publishers post summaries of their achievements, providing statistics to illustrate. Those of you walking the same path I am may find my experiences,...
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Jan.16.2012
The Making of a CHINA Photography Book
Behind the publishing scenes with photographer Tom Carter, author of CHINA: Portrait of a People
Part 1: Inauguration and Introduction
It has been nearly 4 years now since my photography book CHINA: Portrait of a People was first published in Hong Kong, and 1....
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Jan.09.2012
An eye-opening eBook I just finished is How a Book Is Born by Keith Gessen with an introduction by Graydon Carter. It first appeared in shorter form in Vanity Fair magazine and shows how the novel The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach came to be written, agented, sold, published, and turned...
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Jan.02.2012
Shortly after I published my novel, I received one of my first reviews via Reader Views. I was excited, the review was favorable and it was posted on Amazon.com. I hoped this was the first of many. After all, getting any sort of attention for a self-published book is no easy task. Then, one day...
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Dec.13.2011
Yes - of course - for the one (1) who manages there are thousands (1000s) who do not. But might not the odds be the same for those attempting the established publisher route? I still would prefer a traditional publisher to tend to my needs (it worked very well in the past), but I do have these...
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Dec.09.2011
I was delighted today when I dropped by Peet's for a tea and book and saw a teaching colleague I had not seen for months. I was even more delighted to hear that he is working on volume two of a Civil War history. That is, our town during the Civil War era. He published the first volume years ago...
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Dec.09.2011
The only ones who ever bullied me were family, my mother and Hoity-Toity, and bullies come in all shapes, sizes, and backgrounds, which is something I was reminded as I watched The Big Bang.
I was talked into watching the show and I love it. Last night's show was about bullies.
Leonard got a...
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Nov.29.2011
I do indeed have some manuscripts which I consider for self-publishing. I would rather that each and every one instead be produced by a traditional publisher. They should still do a better job than I, and allow me to do what I really want to do - write novels. To my -perhaps simple- eye,...
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Nov.28.2011
Shortly after Renea Winchester released her award winning book, In the Garden with Billy: Lessons About Life, Love & Tomatoes, she realized that publication was just the first rung on the ladder of writing success. Whether a book was traditionally or self-published, in the end the author's...
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