June 22nd, 2009 | Posted by: Eddie Wright
So you wrote your first book. It’s an experimental little number about a fella who’s addicted to seeds of inspiration. The first person story is told through a bunch of stream of consciousness, crazy talk, mumbo jumbo and large chunks of it consist of a screenplay that the main character is writing. The formatting was [...]
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June 21st, 2009 | Posted by: Andrew Kent
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Getting ready to release a second novel is an exciting time for an author, but also one full of dread and anxiety. What if it’s not as good as the first one? What if I’ve overlooked something? What if the marketing fails, the economy continues to tank, or I’ve missed the mark somehow?
I [...]
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June 19th, 2009 | Posted by: Christopher Meeks
I did not intend to be a publisher. I intended to be a writer. My first job out of grad school, however, was as a senior editor for a small publisher. Everything you heard about publishing—the stress, the long hours, low pay—it’s true. Yet it was fun to see our books land on bestseller lists. [...]
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June 19th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
How could I, without feeling like an ass, go back to talking about Homefront?
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June 18th, 2009 | Posted by: Henry Baum
I’ve been thinking about how I’ve gotten to this point and why I’ve become such a zealot for self-publishing. I have to say that self-publishing was an absolutely last resort for me. I was trying and trying to make it in the world of traditional publishing. And I’ve had some luck. I mean some people [...]
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June 17th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
I can be overly “blahblahblah, blah blah BLAH blah…and thennnn…”, but I’d like to include the omitted part here, because it’s amazing how easily others can taint something that would otherwise be “I’m-getting-so-wasted-tonight!” exciting:
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June 16th, 2009 | Posted by: Andrew Kent
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Earlier this week, I was at a major meeting of publishing professionals in Washington, DC. I was giving a talk to 100+ people about 30 minutes before a signing event for my book, “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery.”
I had a satchel of books weighing me down to supplement the [...]
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June 16th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
“Are we supposed to read?” I said.
“Oh, you can do whatever you want. I know Shawna plans to read.”
Oh. Uhhh…
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June 16th, 2009 | Posted by: Bonnie Kozek
Here’s a recent review of Threshold written by Ron Fortier at Pulp Fiction Review:
“What are the odds I’d end up reviewing two books back to back whose protagonist is named Honey? Which is exactly what happened, but be warned, these ladies are about as different as night and day can be. Read on, MacDuff.
This book [...]
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June 14th, 2009 | Posted by: Henry Baum
The inaugural post of Backword. It occurs to me that some people are going to take issue with this whole enterprise. In the world of self-publishing, there are people who are so embittered by the gatekeeper’s hold on traditional publishing that they’re cynical about the concept of gatekeeping entirely. This has been apparent in the [...]
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