February, 2008 | www.booksofm.com

Freelancing for Newspapers | a Book Review

Freelancing for Newspapers

Writing for an Overlooked Market

Written by Sue Fagalde Lick
Published by Quill Driver Books

As the title suggests, this book is a comprehensive “how-to” for freelancers wanting to break into the newspaper print market. I stress the words newspaper and print, because the material here was written by a professional lady with lots of experience in tried-and-true journalistic markets. Her experiences alone are great for any freelancer to read up on and understand, but it also means that her take on freelancing for newspapers is a fairly traditional one based on years of experience.

“Prey” a Horror Fiction Podcast

I’m happy to report that a flash fiction piece I had written, entitled “Prey” will be published on http://pseudopod.org/ tomorrow. This piece was really fun to write; it is a Lovecraftian-horror scene written from the mind of a bird of prey. I had submitted it to Pseudopod months ago, after winning an Honorable Mention through a Neil Gaiman Mirrormask Competition hosted through http://www.futurefire.net.

It will be really cool to hear someone speak the piece, this will be the first time that my work will be acted out in a podcast.

February 4, 2008

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POD People

Beating the Print-on-Demand Stigma

POD People. Seems like they’re everywhere all of a sudden. Thousands of authors are publishing their books via print-on-demand, but only a very small percentage of them find any kind of success. Why? POD People must not only act as author, but also publisher, advertiser, editor, agent and graphic designer.

The sad truth is that many POD People don’t know what to do when they’re starting out and plunge blindfolded into the publishing world. Most POD books fade into obscurity, selling only a few copies and leaving the author disappointed and in many cases, broke.

This failure is due primarily to the negative POD stigma. Many people avoid self- published books and loathe POD books even more. It’s a harsh reality, but there is hope. Bestselling POD author, Jeremy Robinson, reveals how to beat the POD stigma and make your book stand out.

About the Author: Jeremy Robinson is the author of the wildly successful Print-On-Demand novel, The Didymus Contingency, which was a Barnes&Noble.com bestseller, an Amazon.ca bestseller and is now available in several languages from various traditional publishers.

POD People is available at Amazon.com

February 1, 2008