The Writer's Guide to E-Publishing
Tips, Resources, Real Numbers, and What's New in E-Publishing
In Write It Forward: From Writer to Successful Author, I discuss and recommend having a catastrophe plan. I’ll tell you what that is below, but recently I’ve had a “moment of enlightenment” where I realized there are people for whom a catastrophe plan is not necessarily a good thing. Some of us need to “burn [...]
Let’s qualify– #1 in a major genre. Today my book Area 51 is the #1 science fiction bestseller on Kindle. It’s #48 overall. As the gold rush wanes in indie publishing, I want to lay out what it took to achieve that, and remember, it is fleeting but it does set a solid base. Writing [...]
Bring on the feats of strength and the airing of grievances. Today is the official day of Festivus– 23 Dec. Break out the aluminum pole. In honor of the holiday, I’ll be bypassing Xmas this year, as my wife and I have for the past five Xmases for very personal reasons, which I will not [...]
Seriously. Coming out this week is The Green Beret Survival Guide to the Apocalypse, Zombies & More. I wanted to get the book out before the end of the world, at least according to the Mayans, who already had their end of the world, so I’m not sure what stock to put in that. And [...]
When I give presentations to writers I joke that the difference between being aggressive and obnoxious is that the aggressive writer has a good manuscript and the obnoxious one has a bad manuscript. For over a decade that’s always gotten a good laugh. The only problem was, I wasn’t following my own advice. I’ve grown [...]
teens/tweens. She’s successfully written for traditional NYpublishing houses, as well as topped the Amazon and Barnes & Noble bestseller lists with her indie published works. Her books have been translated into several languages, sold in more than a dozen countries, and have been option for a cable television series. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area where she is constantly fighting her addiction to Starbucks lattes. You can find her online at: www.gemmahalliday.com [Read More…]
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