From the typewriter to the bookstore: A publishing story
This proves it: REAL writers use typewriters.
Category: publishing
Bring wine, not a bullhorn
I’ve found all sorts of new people on Twitter to learn from. One is Chris Webb, Associate Publisher of Technology at John Wiley and Sons. I found his blog through his twitter. This post especially will be of interest to …
More catching up–Writing Excuses
Happy New Year! I’m spending the day doing absolutely nothing. I have so much to do–finish painting one corner of my office so I can reassemble the office and finally unpack all the books, and finally have a working workspace; …
Bio and Author Recommendations
Stacy Whitman specializes in fantasy and science fiction for children and young adults, and related genres. She spent three years as an editor for Mirrorstone, the children’s and young adult imprint of Wizards of the Coast in Seattle. She holds …
An announcement, of sorts
I was recently asked to the LDS Storymakers Writers Conference as a guest editor. If you’re LDS or interested in the LDS writing world (including as an LDS author writing for the national market), I hear it’s an excellent conference. (This one …
Further back in the not-so-way-back machine…
This link is over a month old, and but Booksquare’s Kassia Krozser speaks directly to what we were discussing a couple weeks ago about reaching our readers through online efforts. Specifically, Kassia is talking about social networking vs. viral marketing. Our …
Congrats to Tiffany, thanks to Dave!
Over at Fantasy Book Critic, Dave Farland was recently asked what his favorite reads of 2008 were. He listed Hallowmere volume one, In the Serpent’s Coils, by Tiffany Trent (), among his year’s faves.
And then there’s the writing end of things…
James Owen just pointed me in the direction of his post from a few days ago, A Career as a Novelist–In Layman’s Terms, a metaphor which those of you who are still in the throes of writing your first book will sympathize …
More on marketing
I’m afraid that even before I left Mirrorstone, I wasn’t reading my friends page daily, because there are just so many things to keep track of, and if even half of my 73 friends were to post daily, that’d be …
On buying books: hardcover vs. paperback
Cherie Priest posted today about her new release–happy book birthday, ! Her post relates to several things I’ve been hearing lately, so I thought I’d put them all together in one goulash of a post. Laurie Halse Anderson () and …