Today I thought I’d share some articles I sent to my reading list lately. They are encouraging for writers in the most part, but two of them are very interesting for we self-publishing fanatics. Here they are: Self Publishing Isn’t Going Away – Jeremy Greenfield over at The Journal News is reporting that self-publishing is stillContinue reading “Friday Roundup: 5 Articles About Writing/Publishing You May Have Missed”
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20 Useful Tips for Writing a Novel
Today I decided to compile a list of one line tips that help me keep focused on writing and observations I have made since gaining a literary agent. Here they are in no particular order: Don’t play video games. 1000 words a day is healthy. Make time for your family….but not too much. Write aContinue reading “20 Useful Tips for Writing a Novel”
Literary Agents Are Like Anglers
I like to think of literary agents as if they are anglers with a very good fishing rod, with the best bait in the world, but in the end they are still only anglers. As a child of the country I know very well what angling or fishing is all about. Angling is about ten percentContinue reading “Literary Agents Are Like Anglers”
While Waiting On the Agent…I’ll Revise Again…and Again
I did it, or rather God has blessed me, and I currently have an agent trying to shop This Broken Earth to a couple of publishing houses. I received some very good criticism from the literary agent, criticism that would make for a much better book if I were to tweak here and cut there. My agentContinue reading “While Waiting On the Agent…I’ll Revise Again…and Again”
Using Scrivener and iBooks Author to Create an iTunes iBook
As many of you know, I absolutely love Scrivener, which is in many ways so much more than a word processor. If you are a do-it-yourself publisher and just want to publish a book through iTunes, you will need a couple of things first: An iTunes sales account. Sign up here. Scrivener for Mac orContinue reading “Using Scrivener and iBooks Author to Create an iTunes iBook”
Landing An Agent: The Steps Taken
By God’s blessing I have an agent who is going to pitch my book to a couple of publishing houses (small ones, because you have to start somewhere), but this kind of stuff doesn’t happen overnight, and I have been on a long winding road to this point in my writing career. I decided toContinue reading “Landing An Agent: The Steps Taken”
Writing Is Hard Work 