publishing

Self-Publishing, SF/F, and Standards of Quality

September 12, 2011

Paul Cornell, in his Reno 2011 WorldCon report, says many things near and dear — both to my own heart, and to my own convention-going experience. Read this and learn what these conventions are like, why we go to them and why we love them. But one particular thing he says, which I’ve spent several [...]

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Five More Truths About Publishing

June 14, 2011

Last week, Richard Lee Byers was here, sharing five truths about publishing that nobody told him. Richard made a lot of good points, so I wanted to follow up with a response. Please consider this post an addendum, not a rebuttal. 1. You will hate your book cover for 24 hours. Then you will fall [...]

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Guest Post: Richard Lee Byers with “5 Truths about Publishing That Nobody Ever Told Me”

June 9, 2011

Guest blogger Richard Lee Byers is the author of over thirty fantasy and horror novels, including a number set in the Forgotten Realms universe. His short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. — Five Truths About Publishing That Nobody Ever Told Me Gabrielle suggested this topic when we discussed guest blogging on one [...]

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Guest Post: Peadar On Getting an Agent, Part 2

May 9, 2011

The Graft of Getting An Agent by Peadar Ó Guilín So, last time out we saw some of the joyful things that can happen to you when an agent fights your corner. No doubt you’re champing at the bit to go right out there and get one for yourself. But what, you wonder, is the [...]

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Guest Post: Peadar Ó Guilín on Agents

May 2, 2011

While this blog usually slants toward the small press perspective, I thought it might be good to step into the larger world and offer the perspective of author who works with a major publishing house. Handling of submissions is one of those areas where the small press and major publishing worlds are vastly different. The [...]

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Power Dynamics in Publishing

November 11, 2010

Author Jim C. Hines posted recently about power dynamics in publishing — specifically, about how occasionally an editor will take advantage of that power dynamic to harass writers and aspiring writers, and how that sort of behavior is Very Much Not Okay. Even less okay is the fact that sometimes writers and aspiring writers feel [...]

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Renaissance Woman

July 22, 2010

Interview: Gabrielle Harbowy, Renaissance Woman, courtesy of The Dead Robots’ Society Podcast It was a pleasure to meet up with the wonderful crew of the Dead Robots’ Society Podcast this week for an interview. It was a particular honor because the DRS interview with editor Juliet Ulman had been so inspirational for me. Working in [...]

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Lone Star State of Mind

April 22, 2010

What’s more disheartening to a writer: a rejection letter or a bad review? Both can crush your spirit if you let them. The trick is not to let them. Tastes are subjective. If they weren’t, we’d all like the same things and there wouldn’t be a wealth of different genres out there to appeal to [...]

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Trust Issues

March 18, 2010

* Should I register my manuscript for copyright before I send it out to publishers, to keep them from stealing my ideas? * I know you only accept digital submissions. However, I can only send this by snail mail because I am concerned over internet privacy. As creative people, we’re all cautioned to protect our [...]

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Urban Fantasy, Podcasting, and Rhetorical Questions

December 17, 2009

…and more! Kimi Alexandre of the urban fantasy Tale Chasing podcast put up a great interview with Laurie McLean, an agent with Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents. Kimi asks some great questions, and Laurie shares a wealth of knowledge on a range of topics, including the definitions of urban fantasy and its sub-genres, how the bestseller lists [...]

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