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I’m Not Going Away Just Because You Attack Me
I woke from terrible dreams of readers chasing me with pitchforks and torches, in the worst kind of censorship as they burned books they believed unworthy, and banned freedom to share writing with the...
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Why Do Some Authors Dislike “Indy”
That’s something that’s preyed on my mind for over a year now: Why do some authors, and wanna-be authors, come down so hard on the self publishing/indy publishing movement? It’s a question I’ve had no...
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The Mystifying Press Release
When you publish a new book, do you “bother with” a press release? I looked into it for my last book, via links from Smashwords, but even after reading the one example post, I didn’t know what to...
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3 Reasons to Traditional Publish and 5 Reasons to Self-Publish your Book
There is nothing wrong with wanting to traditionally publish your book, just as there is nothing wrong with wanting to self-publish your novel. The US versus THEM mentality is amusing for only so long....
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Guest Post: Why I went Indie by Lenore Skomal
I am Indie. And I say it proudly and with gusto because I chose it. Perhaps that makes me different from other Indie authors who find themselves pushed into the Indie way because of a general lack of...
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Going With a Publisher VS. Self-Publishing (A Look at the Pros and Cons of...
I almost broke this post up into three parts, but I’m the kind of person who prefers all the information to be in one post. So here goes my very long post on this topic. :D What burdens do...
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Guest Post: When is Self-Publishing Right for you? by Angelita Williams
More books are now self-published than are published the old-fashioned way. However, most of these fall into the “long tail” category, and the marketing muscle of the traditional houses is still the...
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My Thoughts on Self-Publishing, Traditional Publishing, and Pricing
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking since I came back from the writer’s conference a couple weeks ago, and I’ve also listened to a couple of CDs from the workshops that I was unable to attend. Below are...
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Conferences, Are They Worth It?
The short answer is “yes,” but the real question is why are they? Even after attending several of these, you wonder if you will learn anything new. But as usual, your doubts are put to rest after a...
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Submitting Short Stories to Magazines
Have you ever written a short story and tried to get it published in a magazine? Chances are you have. Many authors, both traditional and indie, write short stories and try to get them published in...
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Following Up on Submissions
The last time I posted an article, I wrote about submitting a short story to a magazine. And as promised, I’m following it up…with an article on following up on those submissions when a lot of time has...
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Stages of Writing: Post 6 (Traditional Publishing)
Though we had anticipated this being our last video in this series, this wasn’t the last one. We had so much to say about traditional publishing we never really dove into self-publishing. In a...
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