I don’t ever think there has been a more appropriate time in this industry than to seriously revisit the question of what happens when authors “self-publish” their books and whether or not they should be considered “vanity press.” After attending 30+ conventions, I can completely understand the “why” behind name-calling some print-on-demand and self-published authors. […]
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Writers, Help your Financial Outlook and Say Hello to your State and U.S. Agencies
After Friday’s Amazon fiasco, where myself and several other writers, publishers, and editors called out to the blogosphere, I realized that many folk probably are feeling a little devastated right now. Just asking Dear Amazon, What are you Thinking? isn’t enough; when things like this happen, getting upset and angry is justified, but in the […]
A Freelancer’s Service Announcement: Please Write your Emails
One of the more annoying things I’ve come across throughout the years is when other writers or businesses decide to utilize abbreviations and other forms of “netspeak” in email. Using ALL CAPS or writing things like, “hey, how r u? i see that u review books. can u review mine?” are fairly irritating. I often […]
You Can Market Your Work with Video
Take a look at this YouTube! video that horror writer David Wellington put together for his book “13 Bullets.” The concept, as you can see, is pretty straightforward — a guy walks into a studio to turn into a vampire. The promotion for the book is pretty short, and the tagline is catchy, “Vampires that […]
The Guild: Web Video about Online Gamers at “their Finest”
If you haven’t seen The Guild: an Independent Web Video Series about Online Gaming now is definitely the time. Recently, The Guild won three awards: Yahoo 2007 Best Web Series Award, the YouTube Best Series Award for 2007, and the SXSW/On Networks Web Series award. Run strictly on a volunteer basis, this series is pretty […]