Once you’re not a beginner at your craft anymore, it’s really hard to find workshops that are worth the time and money invested. EMOTIONAL CRAFT OF FICTION 2017 (How to Write the Story beneath the Surface) I just signed up for this one because I *know* it’s going to be worthwhile. I took a 4 day workshop with Donald Maass… Read More
Series and Serials Workshop
Editing Software
Okay, ran a quick analysis of various editing software packages – Grammarly (which I was already using), Ginger (which I had stopped using), ProWritingAid (new to me), and Whitesmoke (new to me). AutoCrit had a pay wall, so I didn’t evaluate that. And I also compared to my own eyes – the proofreader in my head. RESULTS: **I analyzed one… Read More
What it takes to become a $100k Author
(Courtesy of Blair Babylong) There’s a thread on Kboards right now about what it takes to get to $100k/yr as an author. There’s some very good advice up there from authors such as “PeanutButterCracker” (I know who it is, and they’re *very* successful,) Deanna Chase, and others, but there’s a whole lot of griping and pushback and some spectacularly bad advice,… Read More
GOING WIDE (Self-Publishing)
May 2016: Reporting back with SKQ’s results from taking her Mindjack series wide again. CAVEATS I didn’t just yank my books from KU and throw them up on the other retailers. I did literally everything you can imagine to make this go well – made contacts at Nook and iBooks to get promo, endeavored to really understand the other retailers,… Read More
The Market For Middle Grade (Self-Publishing)
Children’s Writers (MG, picture books) (reprised from an epic comment I made below) I often simply say “indie MG doesn’t sell” and that’s true. It’s also true that MG tradpub doesn’t sell either – the market is just really small. In fact, I’d say there are far more children’s book writers than there is a market for MG books (see… Read More
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