Perfect Storms
There were times when I was readying my novella for publication when I wondered whether it made sense to spend money on certain things–multiple…
Month: June 2011
Literacy Unlocked
Every year RWA has a signing at their national conference. Hundreds of authors attend. They all sign books. The proceeds are donated…
Stages of Production
I see the words “editing” being thrown around in talks about self-published books–or, more specifically, what…
4 ways self-publishing can help traditionally published authors
So, you’re traditionally published. And you like being traditionally published. And you don’t want to not be traditionally…
RWA 2011
In a few weeks, I will be at RWA’s 2011 conference. I’m really looking forward to this for a number of reasons.
What does…
Dear agents
In the last 24 hours, I have heard not one, not two, not three, but five separate tales of woe about agents attempting to wrest certain…
In defense of editors
So, I talked earlier about the whole notion of paying percentages.
I want to mention one last thing about it, and that’s the notion…
Unpacking assumptions about percentages
One of the most oft-repeated arguments that I see in self-publishing is this notion that you should not give a percentage of your work…
Print: What do you think?
So I’ve been thinking about print copies.
Print copies of full-length books will be available as soon as I can make them available–hopefully…
So, that whole “legacy publishing” thing…
You may note that I haven’t used the words “legacy publishing” to talk about traditional publishers.
There’s…