Guest Post: Kindle Starter Kit: A Mini-Handbook on Independent Publication
Today, I’ll focus on kindle publishing, but the principles apply equally well to Nook, Smashwords, PubIt, and other distribution systems.
SFWA Blog
Quick Updates for 2011-06-19
@annikkawoods I think you are looking for these. http://is.gd/WET34s # Congratulations to SFWA member @jay_lake whose novel PINION was nominated for the Sidewise award. http://ow.ly/5kVOO # SFWA Member @NancyFulda's award-winning story is now live at baen.com. http://t.co/spFzsN9 #
Quick Updates for 2011-06-19
Member News for Allan Cole, Brandon Sanderson, Jay Lake, and Nancy Fulda.
Key Conditions for Suspense:
Part 27 – Patterns for Resolution
Element 4-6 & The Series Wrap Up
Well, folks. This is it. The final post in the series. I’m going to finish identifying basic patterns for the resolution phase, summarize what I’ve presented on structure, and wrap the whole series up.
Quick Updates for 2011-06-18
SFWA member @alcole123 presents WHAT'S THE STORY, BOYS? New MisAdventure. http://t.co/jIZeqc6 # @LisaShapter Well done, you! # Congrats to SFWA member @BrandSanderson. WAY OF KINGS won the Gemmell award for best fantasy of the year. #
The Internet and Procrastination
I’ve tried a variety of strategies to keep myself on track (simple willpower, unfortunately, isn’t enough). I concentrate on email, blogging, etc. in the morning, and reserve the afternoon and evening for working on my fiction.
Message to New Writers: It’s Okay to Focus on Your Craft
Self-publishing is not the only ticket to winning the proverbial lottery. In some ways, I feel the accessibility of authors online coupled with the availability of publishing news hurts the craft because it’s taking the emphasis off the words on the page.
Quick Updates for 2011-06-16
Member News for John Arkwright, Geir Lanesskog, and Douglas Hulick.
Book Marketing Methods That Don’t Work
It’s no wonder that the Internet is bursting with promotional services, marketing companies, publicity gurus, and book promotion self-help advice from authors who’ve been there, done that.
Guest Post: Checking the Gender Balance
What is happening here is the creation of what we might call “his-story”. If the only books talked about, the only books that find their way into the historical record, are books by men, then anyone looking back over time will get the impression that the only important people involved in the field, perhaps the only people involved in the field, were men.
