Tag: authors
member name: Julie Ann Dawson
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December 17, 2007 03:27 PM EST --
Santa Claus has come to RPGNOW! In association with Wheelman Press, Bards and Sages brings you An Interview with Santa and Other Christmas Treats , a collection of short stories and poems by Gregory . . .
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October 12, 2007 03:08 PM EDT --
As some of you already know, the masochist in me likes to log in to Yahoo Answers. I also frequent a lot writing sites. Frankly, I am often at a loss to understand why people continue to share . . .
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March 31, 2008 04:00 PM EDT --
I don't pretend to have any insider information here. Only my own business experiences.
Many self-publishing websites have been abuzz over the weekend at the earth shattering announcement . . .
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August 31, 2007 01:28 PM EDT --
I frequent a lot of writing communities. Some I participate in as a writer. Others I participate in as a mentor. Some I just sit back and shake my head at the car wrecks that pass for . . .
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February 04, 2009 09:05 PM EST --
What started with an innocent question on the recent juggernaut success of fellow mainstream writers Meyer and J.K. Rowling quickly devolved into a full-scale denouncement of the former's skills. . . .
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May 11, 2009 06:27 PM EDT --
As many of you know by now, I publish a little speculative journal, The Bards and Sages Quarterly . I recently realized that I was sending the same rejection comments time and time again. So I decided . . .
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November 25, 2009 12:20 PM EST --
Part Three: Author-Think versus Publisher-Think
Being an author is, by default, an exercise in positive thinking. We put words to paper (or screen) under the misguided notion that people care what . . .
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August 24, 2007 11:11 AM EDT --
This is an old article I posted elsewhere. Opening up my inbox this morning reminded me of it. I had to suffer through four submission queries that all seemed to have been written by a . . .
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November 25, 2009 11:42 AM EST --
Part One: How Positive Thinking is Destroying Literature
A 2009 study performed by the University of South Wales and published in the Australian Science Journal found that people that were sad or . . .
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November 25, 2009 12:04 PM EST --
Part II: Liberating Your Inner Curmudgeon
To channel Tyler Durden for a moment, you are not a unique little snowflake. You are one of over a million people who have decided to self-publish a book. . . .
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November 26, 2009 10:56 AM EST --
Part IV: How Not to Look Illiterate
Finding an Editor
What is an editor, and why is one so important?
An editor is your most important ally against your worst enemy. And by the way, you . . .
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November 27, 2009 12:48 PM EST --
While you are preparing your book for publication, you need to give some consideration to why people should trust you with their money. As we've said previously, nobody OWES you anything. . . .
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December 04, 2009 08:47 PM EST --
Print on Demand Publishing Options
The following is not intended to be an exhaustive list. New players are constantly jumping into the industry hoping for a piece of the action. Here is a look at . . .
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October 15, 2007 03:45 PM EDT --
Stealing K Anne's Questionaire:
Four jobs you had had in your life:
(1) Door-to-door vacuum sales
(2) Public Relations assistant for City of Bridgeton
(3) Office Goddess (i.e. executive . . .
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August 13, 2007 11:52 AM EDT --
Last month, I wrote an article regarding why it is not in the best interest of readers or writers to always support bookstores. Now there is more fuel to put on that fire.
It seems a . . .
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October 05, 2007 08:47 AM EDT --
The Freedom to Read is being outsourced to the lowest bidder.
How do you run a "public" library for profit?
In some ways, I would have to blame the county union. The county . . .
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October 20, 2008 01:01 PM EDT --
OK, so I'm going to go to hell for this. I was trolling around the forums at lulu.com when I came across a promo for this book. It just struck me as ridiculously funny for some reason . . .
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March 25, 2009 01:24 PM EDT --
Dorval, Quebec : It's a common scene played out in households around the world. It's bedtime, and the kids expect mom to read them a bedtime story. But in the . . .
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October 10, 2007 09:38 AM EDT --
I received the following irate e-mail the other day.
You should be ashamed of yourself and why does your site not warn people you are peddling filth your site should have a warning on it if you . . .
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March 25, 2008 04:59 PM EDT --
One of the banes of most writers is the notorious "Writer's Block." We just can't seem to get our ideas on paper, or can't get motivated to write what we are thinking. . . .
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