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How Much Are We Responsible for our Guest Posters?

September 13, 2012 Writing Stuff
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Most of us who blog think having guest posts is a “good” thing. We bring in others outside our expertise. We expose our blog to their followers. We get to take a break in our blogging schedule. Heck, I’ve written about the benefits of guest posts. But there’s a hidden risk in allowing others onto [...]

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Small Publishers: Tips for Success — Guest: Musa Publishing

September 11, 2012 Writing Stuff
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I’ve talked a lot about the issues facing authors on the Big 6 side of traditional publishing, from agent hunting to contracts. I’ve also discussed the self-publishing side of the aisle, from quality concerns to ebook pricing. In contrast, I haven’t posted much about small publishers. Honestly, I don’t know as much about the issues authors [...]

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Tagged as: advice for writers, contracts, ebooks, epublishing, ereader, giveaway, guest blogs, Jami Gold, paranormal author, print on demand, risk, small publishers, social media

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Bookstores vs. Backlist: A New Decision

August 23, 2012 Writing Stuff
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Several weeks ago, we discussed why authors shouldn’t worry about the ebook versus print debate but should instead focus on their readers’ online versus offline buying habits. Shortly after that post, I visited my local Barnes & Noble bookstore, a beautiful two-story building complete with an escalator. I love that place. But anyone who’s visited a Barnes [...]

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Tagged as: advice for writers, contracts, dreams, ebooks, Jami Gold, paranormal author, professionalism, self-publishing, traditional publishing

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The New Publishing Paradigm, Part Two: What Value Do Publishers Add?

August 7, 2012 Writing Stuff
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Last time, we discussed how our decision about which method we go with for publishing should focus more on our readers’ online versus offline buying habits than on their preference for ebook versus print formats. And we bemoaned the fact that those numbers are hard to come by. But let’s say we have a vague [...]

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Tagged as: advice for writers, conferences, contracts, ebooks, Jami Gold, paranormal author, professionalism, RWA, self-publishing, Smashwords, traditional publishing

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What Are You Looking for in an Agent?

May 17, 2012 Writing Stuff
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*Shh*  Be very, very quiet.  We’re hunting agents.  (Sorry, with that picture, I couldn’t resist the Bugs Bunny reference. *smile*) Many—if not most—writers want to find an agent at some point in their writing career.  Even in this age of self-publishing, writers still want agents to help them with foreign rights, career advice, access to tricky [...]

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What Is the Internet Missing?

December 13, 2011 Writing Stuff
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That seems like an odd question, doesn’t it?  After all, I wouldn’t be surprised to find out Google knew what I had for lunch on Wednesday five weeks ago. In fact, computers and the internet have captured so much information that we sometimes don’t want to memorize facts, figuring we’ll Google it when we need it [...]

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Publishing Debates: Should We Take Sides?

October 27, 2011 Writing Stuff
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Some days it feels like the publishing business has endless debates and choices where people want us to take sides.  Plotter vs. pantser, plot-driven vs. character-driven, traditional publishing vs. self-publishing.  Ugh. I don’t like taking sides because one answer doesn’t apply to every situation, much less every person.  With my whatever-works-for-you attitude, I try to tweet [...]

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Are Writers without Business Sense Doomed?

October 11, 2011 Writing Stuff
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The comments of my last post led to a great conversation about how not having a business mindset will likely hurt authors.  However, I didn’t say writers absolutely, positively must be business-minded.  I don’t think writers without an entrepreneurial spirit or business sense are doomed. The truth is that we can’t be good at everything.  We all have weaknesses, whether that be craft [...]

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Are All Distractions Bad?

August 30, 2011 Writing Stuff
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Most writers have day jobs and families to take care of, so our writing time is precious.  Yet the hour we had set aside for writing instead often goes to…something else. I’m no exception.  I’ve spent too much “writing time” playing on Twitter or reading blog posts, etc. Sometimes I beat myself up about it. [...]

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Would You Ever Turn Down a Contract?

March 31, 2011 Writing Stuff
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The comments for my last post were fantastic—thank you!  The range of opinions really got me to think deeper about the traditional vs. self publishing issue. Many people wrote in with circumstances for when self publishing works (and possibly works “better”).  Others noted situations where traditional publishing is the only way to go, one being [...]

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Tagged as: agents, authors, contracts, deadlines, emotional heart, genre, happiness, Jami Gold, paranormal author, risk, sacrifices, self-publishing, traditional publishing

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