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Some details about the illusive ISBN! Thank you Emily Suess and She Writes. (What a great last name!) Just an FYI, you have to purchase the barcode (those black lines below the ISBN) separately.
[She Self-Publishes] 7 Common Questions About ISBNs – She Writes.
Something to think about before you publish – and don’t forget to create that press release!
CreateSpace Community: Resources: Building Buzz Before You Publish.
Come to a free event put on by the Monroe Center for the Arts, Thursday, April 18th, 7 p.m. – 1315 11th St. Monroe, WI in the Gunderson Stiles Concert Hall
Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of more than 30 books, Jerry Apps will moderate this forum of local authors including Matt Figi, Christine Keleny (ME!), Bill Ross, and Olivia Rupprecht. These authors represent different genres of literature from history to mystery. This forum will explore the writing process and its relation to the various genres of literature. It promises to be a lively discussion.
Come and get your book publishing questions answered at this free event!
This next Wednesday, April 17th, at 6:30 at A Room Of Ones Own Bookstore in Madison, three other Madison authors and I will be offering a free forum on book publishing.
The other authors:
Marty Drapkin, author of Ten Nobodies and Now and at the Hour. He has a master’s degree in English education from the University of Wisconsin. Learn more at the author’s website!
Spike Pedersen, author of the self-published novel At First Light. Follow Spike’s blog!
Sarah White, author of 3 books published the traditional way as well as the self-published Write Your Travel Memoirs. She coaches self-publishing and writing. Find out more about Sarah at her website First Person Productions!
Come join us for a night of inspiration, and become the author you were meant to be.
Another good article by David Gaughran. I don’t know much about the Author’s Guild but they don’t seem like an organization I would want to be a part of. That’s too bad. They sound like they have a lot of money to help us writers and authors, they don’t seem to be good advocates.
A List of Things Scott Turow Doesn’t Care About.
I really enjoy the revision process, too. I hope you do as well. It is very necessary in the whole book production process. Don’t forget, there will be more revisions once you give it to others to read.
Well, revision of the first draft of To Drown in Sand is properly underway. While my theme editor, the amazing Chad Horton, performs his surgery, I’m working through each scene with surprise and a sense of wonder.
After following Mr. King’s advice, and not touching or looking at the manuscript since about September (alright, I’m fibbing. I may have tweaked and toggled bits here and there, but nothing committed. I actually dug pretty deeply into the sequel), I pulled out my copy of the book and my red pen, took a deep breath, and flipped open the last scene. I like to rewrite backwards, apparently.
I admit to thinking that the manuscript actually wouldn’t need much.
Which is great. Because, in this case, I’m glad I was wrong.
I didn’t really know what revision was. But after researching it thoroughly, and discovering how critical it is to the process, I’m…
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Some interesting ideas, some odd ones too (open a store front?)
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Letters, E-Mail, Texts — What’s Next? | On Point with Tom Ashbrook.
I recommend listening or at least reading the blurb associated with this radio program. It talks about the up and coming types of communication cementing my decision not to get into the email newsletter idea that many think is the best way to market your work.
The program tells how email is passe, used primarily for businesses, where personal communication is done via quicker means: texting, mobile chat, snapchat… I would agree. I hate unnecessary emails, and even the few writer newletters I get. I scan them only, if I read at all. I know their main job is to sell me something – a service, a how to book… I prefer blogs. I know they aren’t selling – most of the time – and when bloggers do give a notice about a book sale, I don’t mind. It happens so infrequently.
Time will tell, but I’m going to find interested readers or writers via other means.
Marketing is a struggle for every writer I’ve ever talked to (granted, I’ve never conversed with the likes of Stephen King or Stephanie Meyer) – that’s why everyone is trying to sell you something to assist you in getting our book out there. But what I have come to understand is it is mostly up to you, and you are the best person to do it (unless you have a lot of stray cash lying about – again, not he author I know).
Here is a good article I picked up from Morcan Books and Films Blog: Marketing vs. Writing: the author’s dilemma.
If you’re a Goodreads fan, you might want to read this and decide for yourself if David is correct. Goodreads is a great place for authors and writers to connect. I hope Amazon doesn’t mess that up. I’m a bit skeptical, but time will tell.
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