It’s been two weeks already since I posted links! Here we go:
Agent Nathan Bransford has a post on creating a Series Bible. A Series Bible is to a book (or series of books) what a script supervisor is to a movieāthe person who makes sure a character’s hair looks the same in each scene and [...]
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It’s been three weeks since I’ve posted links, so I have quite a few:
My favorite link this week is an incredibly inspiring post that all aspiring writers must read.
From Nathan Bransford, 10 questions to ask yourself if you’re considering self-publishing as more and more authors turn to web and POD publishing.
Also from Nathan Bransford, all [...]
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Agent Kirsty McLaughlan, guest blogging for Strictly Writing, gives seven tips for getting an agent.
From the Guardian via Elizabeth at Fog City Writer, is crowfunding the way of the future?
Also from the Guardian, is your reading suffering from multimedia overload?
Agent Rachelle Gardner warns writers to think hard before self-publishing while editor Alan Rinzler gives four [...]
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Alicia Dunams is author of the Amazon bestseller Goal Digger. She is a dynamic speaker, book packager, and business coach.
In 2007, you self-published a book titled, Goal Digger: Lessons Learned From the Rich Men I Dated. Why did you choose to self-publish?
I shopped it around to literary agents and was [...]
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There’s a lot of talk on writer and agent blogs about building your brand in order to publish and sell your book. But maybe we’ve got it backwards. What about publishing a book in order to build your brand? As you may remember, last month these three authors blogged about their royalty statements, revealing the [...]
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I’m posting fewer links this week because I’m on a deadline, but they’re good ones. Check them out!
Jacquelyn Wheeler has a great post on turning dreams into goals.
See JA Konrath’s post about luck and the role it plays in your success.
This guy is writing a novel in six-sentence chapters. Check it out!
Book trailer are all [...]
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Wow. This week I’m actually going to post my favorite links on Friday like all the cool people do!
Editor Alan Rinzler over at The Book Deal has a detailed post on memoir with seven tips for combating your inner critic.
Jacquelyn Wheeler breaks down the pros and cons of self-publishing vs traditional publishing.
Shelli at Market My [...]
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Jacquelyn Wheeler is the author of Rising Shadow, a YA sci-fi novel.
How long did it take you to write Rising Shadow?
It took me about nine weeks to write the first draft and then about nine months to edit it, although during that time I was also working on books two and three, designing the [...]
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There’s been a lot of talk on blogs lately about the pros and cons of self-publishing. Until now, self-publishing has been synonymous with vanity publishing, the idea being that there are no gate-keepers to self-publishing. All you need is some money and you can publish a book, no matter how crappy it is. Today, as [...]
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