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One thing I’ve learned about having a bad arm that limits your ability to get your work done and makes it tough to sleep . . . by the end of a couple weeks, you get a little grumpy and…
So, a bunch of you have been asking this past week what’s the deal with the sling and my operation. I wasn’t really going to go into all the gruesome details, but then I figured, sure, why not? I mean,…
I have a couple pro-writer friends who routinely watch shows like “American Idol” and “The Voice.” One’s suggested that I watch them, too, not necessarily for the entertainment value but because of what the shows are saying about risk and…
A couple months ago, James Franco wrote a fantastic piece for The New York Times on selfies, those self-generated glam shots you can post of, yes, yourself doing whatever and in which you think someone might be interested. It’s only…
If you’ve followed me on Facebook or Twitter, you know that, on Sunday, I usually bake a cake. No real reason: just because (and mainly because I rarely baked anything other than bread; I’m not much of a dessert person. …
After my blog last week about paid reviews in which I looked at Clarion Reviews and San Francisco Book Review, I’d intended to go on to other venues in which you might be able to get your book reviewed. It’s…
While I was researching this week’s blog, I ran across an article commenting on a New York Times piece I remember reading about a (now-defunct) paid review service. It’s worthwhile reading both articles–here and here–if only because they point up that, like…
As part of my ongoing obsession with getting the word out—and following up on last week’s post about Kirkus’s paid review service—this week we’ll take a look at Publishers Weekly’s monthly supplement dedicated solely to the self-pubbing industry, PW Select,…
A little over a year and a half ago, a writer I respect posted a piece about promotion and publicity. In that blog, this person pretty much said that a writer who spent time promoting a book rather than writing the…
Okay, I’m going to make this short and sweet today because I’m really crunching on a deadline. In the weeks leading up to the New Year, I talked about discoverability and how to get the word out about your books. …