I feel so…USED

Hiya, kids—
Well, as some of you I’m sure are aware, there’s a debate going on in the lesfic blogosphere about used books. If you’re a member of Facebook, you can find one author’s take on it there. It’s KG MacGregor, and she raises the point that used book sales do not benefit an author. [...]

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Rejected – An Interview With An Author by Bobbi Marolt

Glossary: Wimm, a noun. Definition: weirdo in my mind
Wimm (interviewer): The Virginal has destroyed the 2-0 record, for novels published by romance author Bobbi Marolt. She is now 2-1. Still, she’s proud of her record and will continue to throw the occasional story out there. How a publisher may feel about new work, or [...]

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Short and Sweet by Fran Walker

Novels are where the glory and money are, but the short story continues to appeal to authors. What makes short stories so much fun to write? Instant gratification – a few hours of writing time, and your story is done. Experimentation – readers aren’t likely to enjoy a novel-length work that’s written in future tense [...]

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Hey, kids! Let’s talk about EDITING!

OMG, I’ll bet THAT got your juices flowing. Nothing says super fiesta like editing, huh?
As un-glamorous as it sounds, editing is actually the nuts n’ bolts of the publishing industry. Granted, you obviously need writers to create things but it’s editors who ultimately  help you craft the best work you can. It’s also editors who, [...]

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Do Your Research by Georgia Beers

Unlike most writers I know, I’m not a huge fan of research. Many of my author friends love to dive into writing a book where the main character is or does something far removed from the writer’s own life…skydiving, firefighting, surgery, painting. And the reason they love diving in is because they get to do [...]

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Hi. I’m not Cliffi, either. But her audio book is going to rock.

But nonetheless, I was able to catch Cliffi in action recording an audio book. Not just any book. Hers.
You wanna know how this came about and assure yourself that I’m not just sitting in a hookah bar imagining these things?
well, read on!

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so you finished your manuscript…

and now you need a publisher. Cool! Go, you!
Have a beer to celebrate then get ready. Your work begins anew.
Let’s say for the sake of argument that you’ve already worked with an editor and you’re gotten your manuscript cleaned up–it’s pretty free of grammar and spelling errors and you’ve got all your punctuation in the [...]

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Those Pesky Rules by Jove Belle

More than once I’ve been asked by authors aspiring to be published “how important are the details?”
Details? Such a little word that encompasses so very much. So I ask “Which details?”
This is followed by a look of disdain. “Oh, you know. Things like punctuation, spelling. How picky do I need to be?”
At this point I [...]

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More from the Peanut Gallery: Ebooks

Howdy, all. So it’s my turn in da hot seat. YEAH!
I’ve spent the last couple of years, especially, thinking about ebooks. Throw that term into a crowd of people and you’re going to get a few people who absolutely loathe ‘em, a few who love ‘em, and many who don’t really care one way of [...]

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What’s in a Name by Jove Belle

Writing is such a deeply personal thing. A writer takes her inner most thoughts, commits them to paper, then sends them out into the world to be consumed. And possibly praised. Definitely criticized. At some point, after the first word is written, but before the first story is published, every author has to decide which [...]

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