While at the San Francisco Writers Conference I had the pleasure to hear Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, speak about writing and distributing e-books. I’ve been piddling around about getting my short books, which are available as pdf-type ebooks on my websites, loaded up to Smashwords so they will get broader distribution, so I was excited to hear any tidbits…
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Write the Book You Must Write
While at the San Francisco Writers Conference this past weekend, I had the pleasure of hearing David Morrell, author of First Blood (Rambo) speak. He gave the lunchtime keynote. I figured this would be another boring fiction talk, especially since it was by an author writing the type of fiction I don’t read. Plus, I “do” nonfiction, not fiction. However,…
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The Future of Publishing (Part 3)
Ranson Stephens, Ph.D., a writer, physicist, and public speaker, joins us one last time for part three of his series on the future of the publishing industry. He’s a novelist and mentions other novelists as well as nonfiction writers. The information in his posts is relevant to all writers. Today he looks at the inimitable strengths of the legacy publishing…
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The Future of Publishing (Part 2)
Today Ransom Stephens, Ph.D., joins us again for part two of his series on the future of the publishing industry. Today we look at the evolving state of self-publishing, title-positioning and business practices. If you missed part one, which focused on book development and acquisition, you can read it here. Stephens a writer, physicist, and public speaker, and I met…
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The Future of Publishing (Part 1)
The publishing industry changes constantly. Large publishers gobble up smaller ones. Writers now self-publish more books. Books are turned into electronic formats. Readers choose to read more books on e-readers. Large bookstores, like Borders, go out of business. For the next three days (Thursday, Friday and Monday), thanks to Ransom Stephens, Ph.D., we will take a close look at the…
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How a Blog Might Help You Land a Book Deal
So many writers don’t want to blog. I don’t understand why, since I love blogging. I have five blogs. I read a column in the Huffington Post today by Alan Paul, who explains not only how blogging gave new life to his writing but also helped him land a column at WSJ.com and a book deal. Maybe reading the column…
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10 Ways to Prepare for a Writer's Conference
I’ll be attending the San Francisco Writers Conference this weekend. In fact, this year I’ll be presenting a talk on blogging a book –come hear me speak on Sunday! A lot of people I know will be there pitching their books and attending classes to learn how to attract a traditional publishing deal or to create a successful self-published book.I’ve…
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Are you in love with your subject matter?
Are you in love with your subject matter? As a writer, today–Valentine’s Day, fall in love with your topic (if you haven’t already)! Here’s the thing. If you want your readers to fall in love with what you write, you must love your topic. You must feel passionate about it. You must feel inspired when you sit down to compose…
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