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The Business of Writing
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Whew. This has been a week of technology troubles for me, but my laptop is on the mend. So, I’m back with some of the great writing posts from around the blogosphere. (It pains me to use such a cliched word, but I don’t know of any word to describe the internet or the blog [...]
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The Business of Writing
Craft
Fiction
Freelancing
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The Business of Writing
Perseverance
Without the ability to stick to our goals and complete our writing projects, all of the talent and study in the world won’t mean a thing. How do you keep your motivation up even when you are facing a seemingly endless string of rejections?
Two Roads Diverged: Understanding Traditional and [...]
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The Business of Writing
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Top Authors Await Ebook Bonanza
The Times looks at how many British authors are waiting to sell their backlists on the long-awaited Apple tablet. (On a related note, I can’t imagine that the price tag of the tablet will lure in any but the earliest of adopters for the first [...]
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The Business of Writing
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Fiction
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The Business of Writing
Is Your “But” Too Big?
No, that’s not misspelled, and it’s not a piece on the relative lack of exercise of the typical writer. Agent Nathan Bransford gives a motivating speech on pushing through your personal obstacles.
Amazon Offers Higher Royalty for Self-Published Ebooks
Publishers Weekly describes the new deal form Amazon.
10 [...]
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The Prosperous Writer E-Zine is Rocking It
New year, new methods. Platform guru Christina Katz has streamlined her online life and created a new electronic newsletter and blog to help her fellow writers. Add christinakatz.com to your blog reader, then visit the site to sign up for the electronic newsletter.
Literary [...]
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Digital ARCs Make Progress
Novelist L.J. Sellers looks at the move toward digital review copies. How will that affect writers.
Backlist Title Dilemma
How should authors deal with their less than stellar backlist releases? Shrug and hope their loyal readers see the progress they have made? Remove all poorly written pieces from [...]
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The Business of Writing
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Should Publishers Delay E-book Releases?
This was big story this week, as publishers reported that they would try to save paper publishing by delaying important e-book releases. Agent Nathan Bransford explains the flaws in the logic and looks at the issue from the reader’s perspective.
Digital ARCs Make Progress
Novelist L.J. Sellers [...]
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The Business of Writing
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What Can I Expect of My Agent?
Moonrat posts a nice description of what you can expect in your relationship with your agent. Read this post, then visit agent Kate Schafer Testerman’s blog for a follow-up and expansion on the ideas from an agent’s point of view.
Publishing Your Book: Is [...]
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The Business of Writing
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Firsts
What are your goals for your writing career? Aprilynne Pike discusses her goals, other possible goals as a writer, and the ways we can achieve these goals.
Choosing Your Genre
Agent Jessica Faust covers the issue of specializing in a genre. If you have ideas that span genres, how do you [...]
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