I spent the first four years of my children’s writing career making solid progress in the magazine market but failing to sell a book. I read books. I took classes. I wrote numerous picture book manuscripts and submitted them to several publishers. I worked hard, but I wasn’t getting anywhere…
As most of you know, our daughter and her boyfriend were in a head-on collision three weeks ago. For their privacy, I am referring to them as “A” and “M” when writing about the accident…
For the past six weeks, we’ve spent every spare moment judging the hundreds of entries submitted for the Winter, 2011 24-Hour Short Story Contest…
This week:
Almost every profession has one or more professional societies dedicated to the career and specialized knowledge interests of its members. Many of these organizations publish magazines dedicated to these interests. These magazines often pay freelance writers and do not require them to be members of the organization…
Do you publish many titles – fiction or non-fiction – by African American authors? Or books of interest to an African American audience? Has there been much success with these?
Writing is as much about communication as it is about expression. I learned this the lucrative way when I inadvertently got involved in a client’s ongoing project…
I received an email the other day that I suspected was an error. It was an invoice for a purchase made on my eBay account. I logged into my account and discovered it was not an error after all. Our youngest son, Mason (age 4), LOVES Shrek and the invoice was for a 27-inch stuffed Shrek doll…
This week, we’re going to look at how some POD publishers upsell authors on products and services that should already be included in their outrageous setup fees…
Letters will return next week.
