Traditional Publishers are in Trouble
From J.A. Konrath’s Blog: (Note- Legacy means “traditional publishers” aka Established Publishing Companies.) Right now I’m looking at the Top 10 Kindle bestsellers in occult fiction. Every...
Fonts for Book Covers
I’ve been studying up on Book Design recently in anticipation of prepping my upcoming novels, and while Ive still got a lot to learn, one of the...
The 10% Solution to Editing Your Books
Yesterday, I was doing a bit of research on editing as it’s a dragon I will soon need to face with pen in hand. While looking for...
Is 50,000 the magic number for e-books?
I was talking with a friend this afternoon who is something of an industry watcher in the publishing industry, and we were discussing e-book length. Now I’ve...
Advice on Covers
Speaking of the Dead Robot’s Society writer’s podcast (which I’ve become a fan of recently), among the myriad topics they’ve covered, they did two especially good interviews...
10,000 words of fiction a day? Is that possible?
According to author Rachel Aaron it is! While I think my best so far has been around 4,000 (on really really good day) she claimed in a...
Scriptwriting R US. (errr…ME!)
Every Autumn my college puts out a call for new course ideas for the arts department, with the intent that these course will be taught the following...
The Swivet [Colleen Lindsay]: On word counts and novel length
Finally! I found someone who lays out the word count targets for different types of books and genres. She’s a former professional agent, and knows of which...
The Future of Self-Publishing: Co-ops
“That which comes together must break apart- that which breaks apart must come together.” – Old Chinese Proverb Today, I was talking to one of my co-workers...
Free Book Marketing Podcast Series
Friesen Press seems to be a former small publisher that are currently marketing themselves as a service provider for self-published authors. It’s not a bad approach to...