Published on December 23, 2008
We have a house full of family and friends this week to this issue will be abbreviated.
We wish all of you a wonderful, warm, loving and FUN holiday week!!
Angela
P.S. WANT A GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEA? How to Reborn a Doll in a Day by Angela Hoy. See pics here:
https://www.writersweekly.com/books/1670.html
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Published on December 23, 2008
Letters will return after the holidays.
Published on December 23, 2008
I’m active on a new forum and have received two emails from someone in Spain asking to buy 40 “combo” packages ASAP. I had to repeatedly explain that I don’t do that kind of shipping and he should contact my publisher.
Is this a scam?
Published on December 23, 2008
Writers are idea people. We take the glimmer of an idea and turn it into something fully formed like an article or a book or even a series of books. Of course, I’m aware of this. I devote entire articles and book/workbook chapters to the process of idea gathering. So imagine my surprise when I didn’t recognize my own book-worthy idea.
Published on December 17, 2008

Well, we did get that ice storm last week and it was a bit nerve-wracking. Richard is always ultra-prepared for everything. He never lets the truck’s gas tank get more than half empty and, when they said we might get ice, he stocked the RV with food, drinks, extra gas and even extra propane. If the power goes out, we can simply carry our computers out to the RV and live out there for as long as we need to. We have a satellite Internet dish out there, too! Between our regular Internet connection, our dish, and our phones, we can always get online.
Published on December 17, 2008
Letters will return next week.
Published on December 17, 2008
The Writing Wright offers a banquet of information, quotations, essays and notes about writing, writers and the writing life. Here you will find out about Ernest Hemingway’s attitude toward punctuation, when Tom Clancy found out about submarines, and much more! Richly illustrated by the author, this book is one that you find hard to resist.
Published on December 17, 2008
For months, I had been reading the free literature my church hands out each Sunday. I read the daily devotional books and the Sunday School handouts to strengthen and learn more about my faith. I found the stories entertaining and inspiring. But one day, I realized that I should have been using these materials for an additional purpose. I realized what a freelance gold mine I held in my hands.
Published on December 10, 2008
Three weeks ago, I posted two pictures from the 2008 Hoy Family Picture Puzzle Book. I promised to post the clue photo the following week…and I forgot!
Published on December 10, 2008
self-publishing
Several months ago, we ran a feature that revealed the shipping costs charged by POD publishers on author orders (large-quantity purchases).
Today, we’re comparing the shipping costs POD publishers are charging YOUR readers – the customer who drops by to order a book from the publisher at the recommendation of the author. Yes, inflated shipping costs CAN impact your sales!