Tag Archive | Authors
Dear Authors…An Open Letter To All Authors This Year
Originally posted on Happymeerkatreviews:
Dear Authors, Please make it easy for me to review for you this year, by remembering all these things: Please get my name right, it’s not hard to learn, it appears all over the web. Either call me by my name, or just say ‘hi’. But please don’t call me something…
I’ll Do It My Way
As people who read my last post will know, I received my first bad review recently. This lead to a lot of self-doubt and questioning. The review claimed my book was boring erotica. The boring bit I had no problem with. We are all entitled to our own opinion and I know not everyone will…
How to Handle Rejection
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by Tonya R. Moore Rejection bites. That’s the plain and simple truth. You pour your heart into a story and revise the heck out of it. Then you submit/query and repeat until hopefully, someone finally thinks that you have something worth publishing. Unless you’re some sort of literary genius…
Why Do We Care When Characters Die?
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by Kyle Massa Did you cry when Bambi’s mom got shot? It’s okay. You can admit it. Though we know they’re not real, the death of fictional characters evokes real emotion in us. I find that amazing. After all, when fictional character die, we’re essentially mourning the loss of someone…
Owning Your Writing Craft
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by Tonya R. Moore There’s all this hubbub floating around out there lately, conflicting theories of all the DOs and DON’Ts of what it takes to be or become a successful author. Some time ago, I saw some Perpetual Writing Advice Giver actually tweet that if you’re a writer…
How To Be an Editor’s Favorite Client
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by Katie McCoach As an author, your relationship with your editor, your book cover designer, your agent, and your publishing house are all extremely important to your success. I believe in good and bad energy—what you put out, you get back in return. Day to day, I work my…
INDIE VS. TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING: BATTLE LINES DRAWN? by Steven Perkins
Originally posted on Mystery Thriller Week:
Embers of a long smoldering fire have recently been stoked. The winds of a publishing war are stirring, and opening salvo’s have been unleashed! Have battle lines been drawn between independent and traditional publishers? Is so, who in the end shall emerge the ultimate victor? Time, as they say,…
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