So I was reading submissions sent in to the literary journal I work for today. Some were direct from the slush pile, others had already gone through a round of vetting. The submissions were a mix of poetry and prose, but what struck me was that regardless of what type of submission I was reading, [...]
Blog Tours: Realistic Expectations
Posted on March 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Personally I have mixed feelings about blog tours, but this post, which basically asserts that all blog tours are a waste of time, really got on my nerves. What annoyed me — aside from the insults the author levels at the people who took the time to review his book — is that he launched [...]
Call for Writers, Poets, and Artists
Posted on January 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment
I hope that applies to some of you who have subscribed — within ever reader lies a writer, and some of those are just whimsical enough to become poets. And judging by the beautiful design work all over the blogosphere, I’d say we have some lovely artists among us too. The literary journal I work [...]
New Adult: why I like it, and why I think it’s necessary
Posted on January 2, 2013 · 2 Comments
New Adult is not new to me — when I published Wake back in 2011, I lamented that the category didn’t exist on commercial sites. Only recently have major voices in publishing called attention to it, and it has some people calling this “new” category irrelevant or even insulting to readers. I get annoyed reading [...]
Circumventing Self-Doubt
Posted on December 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This has been a subject on my mind recently because I’ve had to come up with new ways to work around it over the years. Maybe it’s because I began writing when I was a teenager, back when I thought I knew everything about everything and was entirely sure of my own abilities. I think [...]
Wake is now available in paperback
Posted on November 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The new proof copy of Wake is here! It’s a little thinner than its previous edition (yay for reduced neck and shoulder strain!). I managed to cut it down by over 100 pages just by altering a few details during production. Things that I spent days trying to accomplish using conventional word processors were so [...]
Self-Publishing Series: Building an Author Blog
Posted on May 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Using social media to sell books will often lead buyers to your blog or website. An amateurish site can be the difference between a sale and a bounce.
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