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In Memoriam
Karl Kroeber
1926-2009
Featured Author
Kevin Hosey has had short stories published by Simon and Schuster. His first novel is currently going through the editorial gauntlet at a major publisher.
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The tales say the little mermaid sacrificed her life so her
prince could find happiness with his bride.
The tales lie.
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Nebula Awards®
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How to Sell Your Novel
Do You Know How to Sell Your Sword?
As an author, it’s important for you to know how to sell and market your book. Because there is no shortage of books and articles on the subject, I’d like to tackle the subject of marketing your book from a more metaphorical approach. (If you’ve ever heard me speak, you should know I’m pretty big on metaphors to help you better understand topics in a different way.) In your case, I feel that it’s not only important to understand how to sell, but also understand a little bit more about a typical sales cycle.
Tags: online marketing, selling book online, selling books
Victoria Strauss — The Perils of Searching For Publishers on the Internet
Imagine you’re a new writer. You’ve just completed your first manuscript, and are on fire to get it published. You don’t know a lot about the publishing world, or how to identify a good publisher for your book–but that’s okay. You have the Internet.
So you open a search engine–Google, let’s say–and type “publishers” into the [...]
Tags: Writer Beware
Hunting for a Literary Agent
Article by Chuck Rothman on (almost) everything you need to know about agents, including how to avoid scams.
Tags: agent, Chuck Rothman, Intermediate, Rothman, writing
The Complete Nobody’s Guide to Query Letters
Lynn Flewelling writes on the basics of query letters.
Tags: Flewelling, Intermediate, Lynn Flewelling, query letters, writing
“Excuse Me, How Much Did It Cost You?”
An anti-scam handout by A. C. Crispin
Tags: self-publishing