publishing
November 4, 2009
- I'll be a real book slut and piggy back my foray into thrillerdom by starting my better-be-a-surefire-hit-thriller novel this month. This morning, in fact. I'll plot it, character it and even have an ending before I start - totally unlike my usual writing method. How many words - hmmm?
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November 4, 2009
- In my last blog, I discuss my formula for writing High Concept. If you missed it, you will find it at: http://www.redroom.com/blog/lslbradford/1-part-fascination-1-part-excavation-1-sentence-high-concept What about when words just spill onto a page? Should we worry about formula? That depends on what motivates you to write in the first place. I wrote The Garden That Grew Her quite by ...
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November 4, 2009
- I thought this post was appropriate considering the conversations taking place on the Net, in the corridors of the great publishing houses and amongst writers. However I have also been very diligent in getting as much information as possible on these conversations. My source is the Net primarily. And I have clipped, linked to and written about the publishing world as well. What happened is ...
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November 2, 2009
- Almost all publisher contracts pay authors through a system of royalties, a certain defined percentage of revenue based upon sales of the contracted book. The concept is simple, but it can get quite complicated in practice. Let's talk about the different formulas that publishers use in calculating royalties and how these translate in income for the author.At the outset, it is worth noting that ...
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November 2, 2009
- Trying to get published can be an extraordinarily frustrating experience. The key is to not get discouraged. Too often writers get a few rejection slips and give up. That is not the way to get published! You have to keep at it. Send out those lit mag submissions. Send out your latest poem. Send your book proposal to yet another agent or publisher. In my latest book, the most cogent advice offered ...
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November 1, 2009
- Are your hands posed over the keyboard ready to begin? Are you waiting, as if for the gun to go off so you can start writing your book, e-book, article, essay, query letter, proposal, or whatever work of nonfiction you’ve chosen to create during the Write Nonfiction in November (WNFiN) 2009 challenge? No need to wait. There’s no starter's gun or whistle for this challenge. It’s well past ...
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October 31, 2009
- I'm excited to say the least. eXcessica publishing has picked up Survival Games for publication. The release date is set for May 17, 2010. Both print and ebook will be offered through Amazon.com and the ebook version will also be avaialbe online at eXcessica as well as other venues such as Fictionwise, Barnes & Noble, All Romance Ebooks, BookStrand, Smashwords, A1 Adult Ebooks, ...
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October 31, 2009
- I said 'homolateral' not 'homosexual' silly. Begin a homolateral thinker means to rely primarily on your dominant brain; left or right, instead of being an integrated thinker. Optimal communication in the brain occurs when we think cross-laterally. Strongly developed neural pathways send signals on a traffic-free super highway between both hemispheres. In this ideal brain state, the neurons are ...
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October 30, 2009
- The V.O.I.C.E Writer's Conference in the beautiful autumn hills of WV Saturday, November 21st,20099am-3pmPullman Plaza Hotel1001 Third Avenue Huntington, WV 25701Early VIP registration is available between July 1st through November 5th, 2009 for only $100.00 Late registration rates are as follows:$150.00 (Hotel room not included) for 3 seminars including luncheon and tickets to eveningevents ...
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October 30, 2009
- Why has John Le Carré left his publisher out in the cold? is the headline in The Guardian today!"The relationship between writers and their paymasters has always been uneasy, as the veteran author's move demonstrates."_The GuardianThis seems to be true historically! The article in The Guardian gives some famous examples. Now there is no loyalty, but as The Guardian suggests, ...
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