New Podcast (to me!) – Adventures in SciFi Publishing
My podcasting discovery of the week is the genuinely charming Adventures in SciFi Publishing podcast which I discovered on twitter a couple days ago and have to...
Copyright for Canadian Writers
How do I protect my idea from theft? In Canada, you automatically hold the copyright to any original work you produce. You can’t copyright an idea...
How Much Should You Price Your E-Book?
Fascinating discussion of eBook pricing: Here’s the gist of the pricing issue as I understand it. Amazon pays you a royalty of 70% on all Kindle titles...
How to Use Tags to Help Sell Books or E-Books on Amazon by Nick Daws
Article worth reading on Tagging: It follows that getting your book tagged can be highly beneficial. Amazon has no objection to you, as the author, tagging your...
The 1,000 Words Rule of Blogging (Book Excerpt) – Boing Boing
I’d say this is good advice for writers in general. I myself need to really work on this. :-/ This word count is not impossible. It’s about...
7 Keys For Blogging Your Book
Today’s link of note is 7 Keys For Blogging Your Book by Edwin Cozier | Book Marketing Strategies and Tips For Authors which is a collection of...
Five Big Trends that Will Rock the Future of Media by Smashwords
I don’t normally post powerpoints, but this is relevant. Five Big Trends that Will Rock the Future of Publishing View more presentations from Smashwords, Inc. five-big-trends-that-will-rock-the-future-of-publishing from...
Scrivener
I’m sure this is one of those programs which everyone has been using except me, but today I checked out a program for writers called Scrivener. Apparently...
25 Ways To Plot, Plan and Prep Your Story
25 Ways To Plot, Plan and Prep Your Story. I tend to do it Chapter by Chapter and Scene by Scene, but I have tried a couple...
Fantasy Author R. Scott Bakker to Speak at Fanshawe on Thursday, Sept. 22
Letters and Arts at Fanshawe College presents R. Scott Bakker Fantasy in a Modern Age Thursday, September 22, 2011 Room D1060 at 2:00 p.m. What is...