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Meghan Ward

I'm a freelance writer and book editor who specializes in memoir. For more info, visit my website.

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Is Self-Publishing the Way to Go?

Today I have a wonderful post from Sarah Baker, a former editor for Viking/Penguin and Simon & Schuster in New York, via Constance Hale over at Sin and Syntax. If you haven’t visited Sin and Syntax yet, go check out the Salon. It’s full of great articles about writing and publishing like Gianmaria Fanchini’s post [...]

February 9th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books, Marketing, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Social Media, The Author Platform, Writing | Leave a comment

Author Interview: Nathan Bransford Part I

I had the pleasure of meeting Nathan Bransford in person last week and interviewing him on video when he came to lunch at the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, where I write. Here is the first part of the interview with the (edited) transcription below, so you can follow along to see who is asking the [...]

April 26th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Author Interviews, Books, E-Books, Marketing, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Social Media, The Author Platform | 5 comments

On Bucks and Book Publishing

This week I have a guest post by [...]

January 25th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Books, Grammar & Punctuation, Publishing, Reading, Writing | 12 comments

Link Love

Finally, links!

As you’ve probably heard by now, according to Jeff Bezos, e-book sales have surpassed hardcover book sales at Amazon (but I’m curious to know how e-book sales compare to paperback sales).

And from The Nation, the trouble with Amazon.

From my friend Connie Hale over at Sin and Syntax (have you bought her [...]

August 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: E-Books, Link Love, Memoir, Publishing, Videos, Writing | 6 comments