It’s out! It’s finally out!
The SECOND EDITION to my Amazon bestselling Publishing and Marketing Realities for the Emerging Author is now available for purchase via paperback or download for your KINDLE (or Kindle App on smart phones, tablets, or computers). If you’ve got a Kindle Fire, you’ll even get color photographs and screen shots! COOL!
New in this edition:
- CreateSpace or LSI? Which is best for you?
- Why you should never publish with LuLu or Xlibris.
- Learn about Duotrope & breaking into the short story market
- Run your own Kickstarter and fund your book through Crowd-Sourcing
- Learn how Facebook Pages & Groups can help launch your book and find your audience
If you’d like an author-signed copy, you can get one straight from the publisher. Also, ask me how to get FREE copies of the 1st edition for your writing group!
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(From my forthcoming 2nd Edition to Publishing and Marketing Realities for the Emerging Author)
Duotrope lists virtually every market for short stories and provides a handy submission tracking device. I truly can’t recommend Duotrope highly enough. You can research markets by genre, pay, story length, and more. As you research, you can save particular markets to your favorites list if they stand out or you could add them to your ignore list if they are something you’d never do, like religious fiction, for example.
Their Calendar is a huge source of inspiration. It’s a place where themed journal issues and anthologies are chronicled by deadline. You can even filter the Calendar by pay level (any, token, semi, or pro), type (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry), genre, and medium (print, audio, or online).
Here is an example of what the Calendar looks like filtered for pro-payment for February and March 2013 deadlines: Read the rest of this entry »
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Simply splendid. In fact, I’d go as far as to say: Brilliant!
That’s what I think of Darker Still: A Novel of Magic Most Foul
I first started reading Ms. Hieber’s work when my agent introduced me to the author. We hit it off immediately, and have stayed in touch through the years. I adored her first two books, The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker and The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker. Although life happened and I never got a chance to read the third in that series, I plan to as soon as I’ve had my fill of the Magic Most Foul series. After all, there is only so many hours in a day!
Rather late to the game for this book, I’m pleased overall because now I don’t have to wait for the sequels! I’m reading The Twisted Tragedy of Miss Natalie Stewart: A Novel of Magic Most Foul right now, and I’m loving every word of it. In fact, I had started reading that one first. I loved it so much, that I didn’t get must past the first chapter before I simply had to start with the first book. Hieber does an amazing job of making Twisted Tragedy stand alone, but I wanted the full experience, and I’m so glad I went back to read Darker Still first! Read the rest of this entry »
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As I said in my Publishing & Marketing Realities book: Amazon is an author’s best friend. Hands down. I stick by that statement even two years later. Even though so much has changed in the publishing industry it’s hardly even recognizable from what it was two years ago. Amazon, although it’s had its own changes, is still an author’s best friend.
From their Author Central service, free to any author, to their POD printer/distribution services through CreateSpace, I adore Amazon.com. They make my job as an independent author so much easier. I’ll be writing another post soon on all the great benefits an author has through Amazon.com, including associates kickbacks and sales figures, but for today, I’m going to focus on CreateSpace.
Two years ago I was an unwavering advocate for Lightning Source Distribution (LSI) over CreateSpace (CS) or any other POD printer. Not anymore. Amazon.com’s CreateSpace has surpassed LSI on virtually every level. This started when Amazon.com and LSI split back in 2011. That’s when things started to change.
Here’s an excerpt from my forthcoming second edition:
Amazon’s CreateSpace (CS) has become my #1 recommended resource for self-publishers and even micro/small publishers. There are several indie publishers who publish at least ten different authors that are now going the CS route as well. Since Amazon’s split with LSI, coupled with CSs free and easy set up, their professional product, and their distribution through the largest worldwide bookseller, CreateSpace has become the self-publisher’s dream. Read the rest of this entry »
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(Reblogged from O. M. Grey’s Caught in the Cogs)
I quite enjoyed A Real Piece of Work up until about the halfway point. Once the redheaded bombshell who painted nude self-portraits was introduced, and objectified so heavily, my red flags went up. Although, for a hard-boiled detective story, the misogynistic commentary was quite light.
Once said redhead was sexually attacked in her art director’s office, that’s what it stopped for me. She was called “slut” and blamed for flirting with everyone and then being surprised someone followed through, even though she claimed she beat the man up because “he wouldn’t stop.” She was immediately doubted, not only by some nameless guy who came into the room and called her a “slut,” but also by the protagonist, Dakota Stevens. In the next scene, right before she seduces Stevens with purple paint all over her body, he asks her to confirm that she “didn’t do anything to provoke it.” The protagonist had no qualms about fucking a murder suspect and a client, btw. Real professional.
I did not read on, so I don’t know where this sits in the overall story arc, but it doesn’t really matter. If she was lying about being attacked and the guy refusing to stop, then it’s perpetuating the myth that women often lie about rape. They don’t to an overwhelming degree. If she was telling the truth, then she was blamed for being flirtatious and asking for it.
“You were lone with the guy in Contessa’s office. What did you *think* was going to happen?”
Because, you know, if a beautiful, flirtatious woman is alone with a man, it must mean she wants to fuck him. Because that’s all they’re good for anyway, right? And if she doesn’t, then it’s her fault for leading him on by having the audacity to be alone in a room with him. If your going to be alone with a man, better be willing to put out or at least have the decency to keep your mouth shut if you don’t want it. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Sail Weaver is a delightful, magical journey through space with talking dragons and assassination plots. Tristan, the protagonist and head of The Sail Weaver Guild, takes his first cruise out into space to see his sails at work. Woven with magic, these enormous sails enable ships to sail through the winds of space. People called Air Weavers will weave an atmosphere in case of emergency sail failure.
The Guild and Dragon Corps are closely linked and highly support each other, while the Navy is in opposition with them both. It creates a fair amount of great conflict throughout the book. Throw in pirates and vermin, and Tristan is kept very busy just trying to stay alive!
Superbly written with inspired prose and an intricate plot, Muffy Morrigan delivers a magical fantasy full of action, intrigue, and adventure. Thick with descriptions and expert world-building, it will keep you entertained for days.
My favorite quote:
“Leave it to Thom to just walk onboard like he owns the place and blow it up. And after I spent hours of scheming.” The dragon sighed. “Hours and hours of quality scheming gone to waste.”
I LOL’d. Seriously. Very Whedonesque, me thinks. Great stuff!
Get your copy today on Amazon! Paperback or Kindle! Or, if you’re an Amazon Prime member, borrow it for free! (If you’re not, you really should be. Amazing value!)
I give it 5/5 bookworms:
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Being a writer means you write. A lot.
Like, everyday.
I’ve been there, staring at a blank page not knowing how to begin, but I also know that the only important thing is to begin. However you begin. It’s at this point, when either I don’t know how to begin or I don’t know how to continue or where my story is going or what they hell I’m doing writing to begin with because I quite obviously suck at it, that I remember this is a PROCESS.
Don’t wait for that perfect opening. Write something. Anything. Get the flow started. Don’t know where your story is headed? That’s okay, too. This is what E. L. Doctorow says about writing:
It’s like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. ~ E. L. Doctorow
I’ve written and published 8 books that way. Working on the 9th now, and some days, I just don’t know what I’m doing or where I’m going, and that’s okay.
That’s what editing and revisions are for, and, yes, those things are essential. They are not steps you can skip over by “doing it right the first time.”
No.
They are a crucial part of the writing process. Every step of the writing process is… Read the rest of this entry »
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Thanks to everyone who participated in my 2012 Blog Tour over the past week. I’m thrilled to announced the Goodreads Giveaway Winners today. Congratulations!!!
WINNER
ROWAN OF THE WOOD
Grace Kellermann-Mclean
WINNER
WITCH ON THE WATER
E. Flores
WINNER
FIRE OF THE FEY
Teracia Lorentan
WINNER
POWER OF THE ZEPHYR
Diana Seay
There is still time to enter to win the $50 Amazon Gift Card at Bitten by Books, and today is the LAST DAY to download the Kindle version of Rowan of the Wood AND Power of the Zephyr (that’s book 1 and book 4 of the series) FOR FREE ON THE KINDLE!!!!!
If you missed the tour, no worries! All the posts are still up, so it’s not to late to read about some great holiday gifts and excerpts from the novels. Enjoy!
Monday, December 10 – Caught in the Cogs
Meet My Alter Ego, O. M. Grey
Reminisce With Reuters, PLUS
Steampunk Romance, Podcasts, & stuff just for adults
AND an excerpt from Rowan of the Wood (book 1)
Tuesday, December 11 – Straight from Hel
Top Ten Gifts for Writers
PLUS a Rowan of the Wood podcast
AND an excerpt from Witch on the Water (book 2)
Wednesday, December 12 – Savvy Verse & Wit
Top Ten Gifts for Book Lovers
PLUS a Witch on the Water podcast
AND an excerpt from Fire of the Fey (book 3)
Thursday, December 13 – Bitten By Books
Enter to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card!
PLUS read an excerpt from
Power of the Zephyr (book 4)
This is also the last few days you can buy the Yuletide 4-Book Package and get it delivered by Christmas. It includes all four Rowan of the Wood books, author-signed and dedicated to your favorite reader, tied in a beautiful ribbon, and adorned with a handmade, calligraphy gift tag, and have it shipped directly to your door for only $60, including priority shipping! That’s a savings of over $15, so it’s like you’re getting one of the books for free!
BUY NOW via PayPal & Credit Card payments
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Thank you so much for joining me this week. It’s been great fun.
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Today I’m over at Bitten by Books, chatting with readers and giving away a $50 Amazon Gift Card!
You can also watch some silly videos from a few years back, much to my embarrassment, and read an excerpt from Power of the Zephyr.
Come join us!
You can still read the Top Ten Gift Ideas for Writers and Book Lovers, as well as listen to Rowan of the Wood podcasts, and read excerpts from the first three books here:
Caught in the Cogs
Meet My Alter Ego, O. M. Grey
Reminisce With Reuters, PLUS
Steampunk Romance, Podcasts, & stuff just for adults
AND an excerpt from Rowan of the Wood (book 1)
Straight from Hel
Top Ten Gifts for Writers
PLUS a Rowan of the Wood podcast
AND an excerpt from Witch on the Water (book 2)
Savvy Verse & Wit
Top Ten Gifts for Book Lovers
PLUS a Witch on the Water podcast
AND an excerpt from Fire of the Fey (book 3)
Throughout this week, you can buy the Yuletide 4-Book Package, which includes all four Rowan of the Wood books, author-signed and dedicated to your favorite reader, tied in a beautiful ribbon, and adorned with a handmade, calligraphy gift tag, and have it shipped directly to your door for only $60, including priority shipping! That’s a savings of over $15, so it’s like you’re getting one of the books for free!
BUY NOW via PayPal & Credit Card payments
Two days left:
Friday, December 14 – Goodreads Giveaway!
Now through Friday, December 14
You can enter to win a free copy of each
of the four ROWAN OF THE WOOD books!!
Saturday, December 15 -
Goodreads Winners Announced
Last Day to Download FREE KINDLE copies of
Rowan of the Wood (book 1) &
Power of the Zephyr (book 4)
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Today over at Savvy Verse & Wit get great gift ideas for the reader in your family from my Top Ten Best Gifts for Book Lovers along with Chapter 1 of Witch on the Water via podcast and an excerpt from Fire of the Fey.
Here is a sneak peak…
#4 Nap Massaging Bed Rest
I think I would read much, much more with this beauty. With a place for your book, coffee, remote, and even an overhead book light, I’d never get out of bed. On top of all that, there is a built-in massager! I’d read read read the entire day away, getting up only to refill my coffee.
WANT!!!
So go, read, listen, comment! And remember ALL WEEK — FREE BOOKS FOR EVERYONE via Kindle and Kindle Apps. Rowan of the Wood and Power of the Zephyr are FREE on the Kindle all week!
Join me tomorrow at Bitten by Books:
Thursday, December 13 – Bitten by Books
Enter to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card!
PLUS read an excerpt from
Power of the Zephyr (book 4)
RSVP TODAY FOR AN EXTRA 25 ENTRIES!!
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Throughout this week, you can buy the Yuletide 4-Book Package, which includes all four Rowan of the Wood books, author-signed and dedicated to your favorite reader, tied in a beautiful ribbon, and adorned with a handmade, calligraphy gift tag, and have it shipped directly to your door for only $60, including priority shipping! That’s a savings of over $15, so it’s like you’re getting one of the books for free!
BUY NOW via PayPal & Credit Card payments
Author-signed books always make great gifts!!
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