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Oh, the Power of Twitter; Or, How to Tweet Your Way to the Bestseller List
Forget the e-book, e-readers, the dying word, and all that crap. Here’s where the action is: Use Twitter to bash a critic, and bingo! Tons o’ free publicity. That, my friends, is the brave new world of...
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It’s Not Just Hilarious; It’s TRUE!
Astute Reader Dexter sent me this link. And now I KNOW he’s astute, because he knew I’d appreciate it, because he gets what I do for a living and he realized that this would ring true. (Big round of...
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But As Long As I’m Here
The writing proceeds. Making good progress. Although, really, it helps to put the blog on the back-burner for the moment. Not that I don’t miss it. I do. And I’ll be back. But right now, I want. to....
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What’s Goin’ On?; or My Plan For 2010 (“Sticky” Post)
Note: I originally wrote this post in late January by way of explaining why I’ve (intentionally) slowed my otherwise fanatical pace of blogging. I’ve decided to keep it up front as a “sticky” post....
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If Publishing Is Dead, What Happens to Non-Fiction?
UPDATE: See my long, and related, comment at this post. (As in: It’s in the COMMENTS, not the blog entry itself.) I rarely write about the publishing side of my life; frankly, it’s not that interesting...
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How The Other Half Thinks
UPADTE: I stand corrected. Sarah A. Hoyt has published in conventional forms and has self-published. I apologize for the error. My main point, of course, still stands: She’s in the self-publishing,...
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I May Live To Regret This . . .
UPDATE: The comments section for this post is FAR more interesting than the post itself. I’m grateful for all those who’ve stopped by to comment. I’m learning a lot from it, and what I’m learning makes...
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Is Cheap/Free Worth It?
I ponder that question often, and in many contexts. (Perhaps because I’ve been writing a book in which “cheap” features so prominently? Maybe? I don’t know. I just thought of that connection.) Anyway,...
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Jackie Collins, Queen of . . . Self-Publishing?
Ayup. Jackie Collins is abandoning (more or less) conventional publishing. (This isn’t “news” exactly; I gather she announced this in February [which goes to show just how carefully I follow the career...
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I Always Loved The Part I Didn’t Hate
There’s apparently a theme circling ’round this blog these days, much to my surprise (by this particular theme, I mean). This is first hilarious, and then not, and then rueful and wise. I’m glad (and...
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