August 29th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
MAN: I’m an associate editor at Harpo, and we received a copy of Homefront. [HOLY CRAP THEY STILL HAVE IT! I SENT IT OVER A YEAR AGO!] We’re putting together a segment for Oprah’s Book Club about authors who have chosen to self-publish…
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August 27th, 2009 | Posted by: Andrew Kent
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I’m feeling a mix of dread, hope, and relief — I’m about to publish my second novel in the Johnny Denovo series.
The first book, “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” was greeted with a surprisingly positive set of reviews and readers who spontaneously wrote and called with excitement after finishing it, eager [...]
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August 26th, 2009 | Posted by: Henry Baum
I’m tempted to put this on the Self-Publishing Review, but I’ve made a point of not getting overly political there - but this comes out of a discussion on the site. Self-publishing is non-partisan, and in my travels in the world of self-publishing I’ve been led to some self-publishers’ blogs with a political bent [...]
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August 25th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
Remember Jennifer Mee, the poor girl who had the hiccups for five weeks? She tried everything from downing pickle juice to drinking water from the wrong side of the glass to putting a post-it note on her forehead.
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August 24th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
Will I be tricked into telling them which scene in the book is (mostly) true? I’d kept it a secret until recently, when I gave it away to a Stars & Stripes reporter. I don’t know why I told him about that scene. It was something I’d meant to keep to myself, because it wasn’t one of my prouder moments.
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August 19th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
Last week, Heather J. at “Age 30+…A Lifetime of Books” (a book review blog, whose review of Homefront can be found here) allowed me space for a guest post introducing Backword Books and inviting her readers to participate in a Homefront giveaway.
Heather’s rules:
Leave a comment with your thoughts on Backword Books’ authors collective - what [...]
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August 18th, 2009 | Posted by: R.J. Keller
I recently held a t-shirt designing contest on my blog in which readers could suggest, and later vote on, their favorite quotes from my novel, Waiting For Spring, that they thought would be appropriate t-shirt fodder. The result was announced yesterday, August 17, and today the t-shirt is available to purchase from the Backword Books [...]
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August 14th, 2009 | Posted by: Eddie Wright
So I’m moving from NJ to San Francisco.
I decided I wanted to simplify. I wanted to dump possessions - DVDs, books, CDs, everything. I sold, I recycled, I gave away, I chucked. Before this major move became a definite thing, I was an accumulator. A big, fat, geeky accumulator. Along with the DVDs and books [...]
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August 10th, 2009 | Posted by: Kristen Tsetsi
I felt the sweat in places sweat grows. I saw Producer Kacy sweating, too–and she’d even taken off her blazer. I tried not to blow my hair out of my face or wipe my cheeks and eyes and forehead.
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August 7th, 2009 | Posted by: Christopher Meeks
Many novelists I know are a bit like Rodney Dangerfield, feeling like they get no respect. Yet after diving into publishing three years ago. I remain optimistic. Before I explain why, let me remind you of the state of publishing. Book advances continue to diminish. Imprints are disappearing. Red ink flows.
New York magazine in an [...]
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