Archive for June, 2008

Publishers and blogging…

By Alice ⋅ June 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I stumbled upon a post over at Booksquare today via my trusty Google Reader entitled Why Publishers Should Blog.
 
Just as authors need to better market themselves and their books, so do publishers. While the audience for a publisher website is diverse – authors, booksellers, journalists, agents, readers, and more – talking about books on your [...]

The Sagging Middle

By Alice ⋅ June 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

If you’re floundering in the middle of your novel, here is a collection of articles (with highlights) that will jump start you toward the end.
Tightening the Sagging Middle by Alicia Rasley
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Highlights: The important middle scenes develop conflict and explore the setting, characters, and theme, while moving the plot forward.
The plot purpose is the most [...]

Curious Publishing Practices

By Alice ⋅ June 26, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Aside from vanity publishers, several long running publishers have been making the rounds in the blogosphere in the last year for questionable publishing practices. I’m sure you’ve read most of them on various sites.
The latest news to cross my desk is from an author at NCP regarding a partial she submitted to them for publication. [...]

A bone to pick…

By Alice ⋅ June 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m going to pick on epublishers for a bit. No, I’m going to pick on any publisher who sells their books online.
As authors, we frequently hear how important it is for us, the author, to promote ourselves and our books. There are books about it. Articles. Blogs, entire websites and workshops, companies and services [...]

Tracking Your Manuscripts

By Alice ⋅ June 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

This is my weird little way of tracking manuscripts. Since I’m a visual person, I use a mindmapping software to show me everything at a glance.If you’re not familiar with mind mapping, I think of it as a patch of pumpkins. Each pumpkin could be about a character or a chapter and all the lines [...]

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