A fellow writer's book just came out. I emailed my friend to congratulate her. I then had to ask: "Found any typos yet?"
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A fellow writer's book just came out. I emailed my friend to congratulate her. I then had to ask: "Found any typos yet?"
In his marvelous book, 1861: The Civil War Awakening, Adam Goodheart presents a rich and vivid portrait of what Americans of the time were all about.
How worthwhile is it for a writer to invest time in social media for marketing purposes, and how much time? Should we torture ourselves to do it if it isn't in our DNA? Does it really work?
Writers conferences are a great way to get out there and network and meet agents, publishers, and marketing professionals who can help you publish or market your book.
I'm on book tour with The Four Ms. Bradwells. That's the good news and the bad.
The smart money says that things will get worse before they get better. Publishers will have to start thinking more like software start-ups. Are you ready for some aspirin yet?
Jay held up the ad for my book with the prominent dark cover and said, "Death's Door. What a great holiday gift idea. Let's get this for grandma!" What's the saying about lemons and lemonade?
Dear Mr. Trump, after reading your letter to the New York Times regarding Gail Collins's article about you, I had to clarify one thing: you are not a good writer.
We have an ever-shrinking attention span, so you need to capture someone's attention in a very short, succinct pitch.
Facing the likelihood of state budget cuts that would eliminate $15 million for library and reading program Newport Beach is considering turning its first library into a community center without books.
I started my career at a time when the conventional wisdom was that you couldn't even have a career without an agent. But experience has proven something different.
Here's another great selection of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for Spring of 2011.
Conducting Internet research is a challenge. It's time consuming, often confusing and who ever thought too much information could be a problem? The I...
Though we might not always have the answer, sometimes all we need to know is that writers much wiser than ourselves have asked themselves the same question.
Have you ever wondered where the most voracious ebook readers live? I wondered, so I crunched Smashwords ebook sales data. Some of the numbers are surprising
When it comes to publishing, there is a certain recipe for success. And while nothing is guaranteed, there are significant activities which must happen in order for your book to have a chance at success.
This week, the New York Times goes behind a paywall. Good riddance. The section that will be least missed is the book review, which presents, week after week, calculated affronts to literary taste and value.
The Huffington Post just published another entertaining Bookstore Bingo of actual, amusing things people overhear customers say in bookstores (Walmart...
With The Thank You Economy, Gary exhorts businesses and brands to dive wholeheartedly into social media, or to die.
Ronda wakes hours later to light that is low and creamy yellow. Sitting up in bed, she tries the phone number in Lanjarón. It rings and rings. Frustrated, she slams the receiver back into its black cradle.
As an author and in my AuthorBuzz.com capacity helping writers market their books, I talk to over 300 authors a year. What I hear the most (and what I...