by editor | Jun 29, 2018 | Articles, Book Publishing, Resources for Writers
BY BELLE BRETT AND CHERYL SUCHORS Once you sign that publishing contract, you enter a whole new world. The transition from writing in private, where you control everything, to pushing yourself out there to market your book can trigger an emotional roller coaster. If...
by Tim Miller | Apr 16, 2018 | Articles, Book Publishing, Guest Contributors
In early 1921, dejected over the fears of publishers that was likely to leave his novel Ulysses unpublished, James Joyce needed a shoulder to cry on. Living in Paris at the time, he paid a visit to Shakespeare and Company, the Left Bank bookstore run by his American...
by editor | May 12, 2017 | Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Resources for Writers
As any author knows, getting attention from the ever-declining professional book outlets is harder every year. Each year, more newspapers shrink or cancel their book section, fire or retire their book editor and add those responsibilities to the entertainment editor’s...
by editor | Jun 14, 2016 | Articles, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Resources for Writers, Writing Process
By Faith Aeriel Summer is almost here and with it comes a variety of conferences, workshops, and colonies aimed at building your skills and breadth of knowledge as a writer. Fellow artists, writers, agents, publishers, and publicists populate venues with speakers...
by editor | Jun 7, 2016 | Articles, Book Publishing, Guest Contributors, Writing Inspiration
By Erin Lindsay McCabe As a former literature major and English teacher, I thought I understood the power of words on a page. But I always saw books in contexts where a community already existed—a school, a classroom, a book club made up of longtime friends. It wasn’t...
by editor | Jun 7, 2016 | Articles, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Guest Contributors
By Kayla Salgado On a late afternoon in fall, perhaps after returning from a lecture in a Greek or Roman studies course at Oxford, young Oscar Wilde sits in his cramped dormitory and contemplates a long while, his MacBook Air open before him on the desk. Fragments of...
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