In speaking to many of you over the last few weeks, it’s apparent that we’re all a bit, well, overwhelmed! Between: writing and crunching those NaNoWriMo deadlines (yes, a week to go), and shopping for turkey and trimmings for the
New Audiobook Distribution Service: Author’s Republic Offers New Options for Authors and Publishers
New “Smashwords for audiobooks” service allows authors to sell their audiobook through over a dozen distributors and retailers It’s no secret that audiobooks are becoming ever more popular with their “reading” audience (especially for those stuck in ever-increasing traffic!) Also
Do Book Reviewers Charge Too Much? What Do You Really Get for Your Review?
Our thanks to Michael Norton for this guest contribution! If more writers realized that there is a difference between writing a book and selling one, they’d have a far greater appreciation for the book reviewers who actually take the risk
10 Online Writing Tools to Make Your Experience Nice and Smooth
Our thanks to writer and professor Antonio Tooley for this guest post. If you are a writer, you are likely to be familiar with those instances where words simply flow out of you and seemingly organize themselves into perfect phrases
Agents & Editors Speak Out! Part 2: Titles and Rejections
During the recent Words & Music: A Literary Feast in New Orleans, literary agent Jeff Kleinman again led the event’s most popular session for writers, a gathering of an A-list of agents and editors, answering audience questions. Refer to Part
Agents and Editors Speak Out! Part One: The Perfect Query Letter
During the recent Words & Music: A Literary Feast in New Orleans, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Pirates Alley Faulkner Society), agent Jeff Kleinman again led the event’s most popular session for writers, a gathering of an A-list of
On Your Mark, Get Set… GO! NaNoWriMo Sparks Fresh Words from Eager Writers
Happy Halloween weekend!!! And now, even better, today begins National Novel Writing Month! As Halloween costumes get put away and we enjoy that extra hour of daylight savings that came with so many Halloween parties last night, it’s now time