Category Archives: Publishing

We’re Going On a Treasure Hunt!

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

by Phyllis Irene Radford We’re going on a treasure hunt! (slap right knee, left knee, hands together twice, repeat in rhythm) Got my mouse, (slaps) Got my URL (slaps) Got my questions… ? Temporarily pushing aside the old game resurrected … Continue reading →


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Ebook Sales Surge?

Posted on January 5, 2013 by

In a post last month, I mentioned the speculation in Indieland that Amazon had sold its soul to the Secret Masters of Publishing (The Big Six Legacy Publishers and their scaly overlords – the Lizard People ™.) The proof cited … Continue reading →


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Ten Things I Wish I’d Known

Posted on December 29, 2012 by

      Each spring since the year of my first publication, I’ve taught at a novels workshop in Louisville, KY. As part of this teaching gig, I’m asked to present sessions on subjects varying from characterization to research techniques to how … Continue reading →


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Book Marketing – The One True Way

Posted on December 15, 2012 by

To prepare for my Christmas Sales I’ve been reading a lot of book marketing posts. And what a lot of them there are. You can’t visit a writers’ forum these days without stumbling across marketing advice. But… while some of … Continue reading →


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Designing a Glam Rock Cover Alien

Posted on December 8, 2012 by

I’m talking cover design this week – the problems, the choices, the things to take into consideration – and a request to help me choose which version to go with for the release of Glampire next week. Okay, so we … Continue reading →


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Celebrating Ursula: Articles

Posted on December 4, 2012 by

By Brenda Clough The idea of a collection of Ursula K. Le Guin’s short stories is wildly exciting.  How have we survived without such a thing? This, plus the upcoming publication of a collection of her verse, has led to … Continue reading →


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Shades of Bimbos of the Death Sun

Posted on November 10, 2012 by

  Does anyone remember the cult favorite cozy mystery “Bimbos of the Death Sun” by Sharyn McCrumb?  It’s about a man who writes a hard science fiction novel only have the publisher change the title and put a bimbo in … Continue reading →


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Good books are portals wherever we find them

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

            A recent discussion of portal fantasy hosted by Rachel Manija Brown was centered around a panel at Sirens, on which a group of agents maintained that nobody in New York publishing was buying portal … Continue reading →


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Practical Meerkat Returns: My First Time, Redux
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Posted on October 24, 2012 by

by Laura Anne Gilman The base idea of Practical Meerkat is, and always has been “learn from my mistakes so you can make better ones.”  And normally I’d be giving you examples from that exploded-career-landmine past.  But this time I’m … Continue reading →


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Market Manipulation
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Posted on October 21, 2012 by

I want to get up on my soapbox and rant about Amazon’s market manipulation, but I  can’t because I’m an accountant who understands how the free market works:  Badly and for the detriment of the poor and uneducated—but that’s not … Continue reading →


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