Writer Spins 24-Hour Short Story Contest Entry Into A Series!
I’m putting together a website that features a series that spun off of one my entries into your 24-Hour Short Story Contest.
Writing About The Minutia Of Life Can Be Quite Profitable! By Rebecca MacKenzie
It’s no secret that everyday experiences are fodder for writers. Readers relate to everyday experiences. Often, though, we writers think we’ve exhausted all our everyman material, and have nothing to write. Such thinking is nonsense. Right off the cliched top of my head, I can think of a well-known example where writing success has been the result of making something out of nothing: Seinfeld (the “show about nothing”).
Can You Pay Writers Via Paypal?
I have reviewed your writer’s guidelines and I want to write for you. I am not in the United States. Can you pay for articles using PayPal?
How To Compile Your Existing Articles Into A Book! By Christine Laws
We have all heard that there is a potential book within each one of us, just waiting to be written. But, what about the book that you have ALREADY written? That book could be hiding in your hard drive, ready to be copied and pasted into a folder of its own.
AUTHORS BEHAVING BADLY – A Rant
Sometimes you just gotta rant! At BookLocker.com, we have published more than 6,000 print and electronic books since 1998. The vast majority of authors we’ve worked with have been professional and pleasant. Many we now consider family! However, every once in awhile, we get a nasty one. It happens in every industry. Not every customer […]
The Snowbirds Are Coming! The Snowbirds Are Coming!!
After another hot and humid Florida summer, things are cooling off and the snowbirds are heading back. Starting next month, we’ll be expecting lots of visitors…until the heat begins again next year. This is also the time of year when the traffic gets heavy here. It can also be difficult to get a table at […]
Your Rant About Authors Behaving Badly
In a word, it was great. But then, I have always thought, and always tell my writer friends, that you are the most sensible and honorable voice in the industry. Best regards always, Laura Ang, I have a couple of thoughts on today’s WritersWeekly. One: About self publishing and complaining about the errors. I have […]
Whispers And Warnings For October 8th
THERE’S NOTHING I ENJOY MORE THAN A CREATIVE HEADLINE!!
‘Screwing’ author allegedly screwed by publisher
“The author of ‘Creative Screwing: A Woman’s Guide to Becoming an Erotic Enchantress of Superlustful Sex’ filed a lawsuit accusing her publisher of screwing her out of royalties.” Alan Leddon dba Spero Publishing is accused of “refus(ing) to send any more royalties, and stated he would retain all royalties in a separate interest-bearing savings account until plaintiff was off parole.”
CONTINUED KUDOS TO HACHETTE FOR FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT! BOOK PRICES SHOULD BE BASED ON HOW MUCH READERS ARE WILLING TO PAY, NOT BASED ON THE LARGEST ONLINE RETAILER’S DEMANDS.
How Amazon’s Ugly Fight With A Publisher Actually Started
“Hachette’s ebook sales have declined, but it remains determined to price its own e-books and loosen Amazon’s grip on the market.”
RELATED – WE (BOOKLOCKER.COM) SUED AMAZON, AND WON. Read more about that here:
https://antitrust.booklocker.com/
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MUSIC PUBLISHER GETS SUED
EMI Sued In Foreign Royalties Dispute With Monkees Songwriter
“EMI Music Publishing is facing a new lawsuit alleging a musician has been cheated over royalties on foreign sales.”
I’LL SAY IT AGAIN. IF YOU DON’T WANT N*DE PHOTOS OF YOURSELF POSTED ONLINE, KEEP YOUR CLOTHES ON! AND, IF YOU DON’T, DO NOT UPLOAD YOUR PHOTOS TO CLOUD! DUMB, DUMB, DUMB!
Google threatened with $100M lawsuit over nude celebrity photos, but case appears weak
“A law firm representing ‘over a dozen female celebrities’ who had their Apple iCloud accounts hacked is now taking aim at Google, saying the search giant faces massive liability for its alleged role in the distribution of private nude photos.”
Don’t Join A Writing Group. Join A CRITIQUE Group! By Sue Carloni
I sold the first article I ever wrote to the first magazine I submitted it to. But, that was after revising the piece over and over until I had faith that my article had reached perfection. Excited by my sale, I sought out and joined a local writers’ group that met semi-monthly. Members would read their manuscripts aloud at one meeting each month, and receive verbal comments. Those comments were somewhat helpful, but it wasn’t until I was invited to join a critique group of six published authors that my magazine sales started to soar…
Why I Fired My Agent, And Turned To Self-Publishing By Anonymous
What encompasses more than half the battle of getting a book published? Obtaining a reputable agent. Some would argue those are kind odds about the reality of the game. I’m here to impart that it is a game, of the shell variety, a three-way chess match in which the unaware writer is the pawn…