We are hustling like crazy to get the ebook of THE ART & CRAFT OF FICTION: A PRACTITIONER’S MANUAL released tomorrow. Will we make it? What do you think? I’m taking bets.
Category: Art & Craft of Fiction: A Practitioner’s Manual
Drawing an analogy between writing and art
I’m going to draw an analogy for you all today. Bear with me. We spent yesterday creating a logo for the publishing house we’re inventing to publish my book. At first we were going to call it the Ammonite Press because I have that lovely violet ammonite logo, which is… Read more“Drawing an analogy between writing and art”
Returning from the Dead, on She Writes
It’s the week before I’m scheduled to release THE ART & CRAFT OF FICTION: A PRACTITIONER’S MANUAL in e-version, and my head is exploding. I blogged about it today on She Writes, along with an excerpt from my book, which some of you might recognize from last year as the… Read more“Returning from the Dead, on She Writes”
Announcing the book cover winner
For those of you waiting for the winner of the vote on my book cover: it’s #4. This wasn’t a democratic decision. You guys were all over the place, making me feel quite clever for not coming up with a single dud (yes, in spite of Kathryn messing with me… Read more“Announcing the book cover winner”
Voting AGAIN
All right, everyone. You’ve been so great. But I need a final vote. We added a fourth option in the post below, based on your comments on what works and what doesn’t in the other three, and keeping in mind that at least one word has to be readable in… Read more“Voting AGAIN”
Voting on my book cover
Okay, guys. I need your help. We’ve been tinkering with the cover. This is one of the beauties of indie publishing (although I’ve been advised today that that’s a misleading term. . .authors who publish themselves are, technically, self-publishers and small publishers who publish other people are indie—although unless you… Read more“Voting on my book cover”
Editing my own book, today on She Writes
My guest post on She Writes for today is on the editing of THE ART & CRAFT OF FICTION. How’s it going? Well, it’s going. . .
Getting into indie publishing
I’m reproducing here a blog post I wrote about indie pubishing as a guest blogger on She Writes. You’ll all recognize the reference to Pamela. I spent yesterday morning in a fascinating conversation, a twenty-minute interview that ballooned into an hour and a half. I was talking to She Writes… Read more“Getting into indie publishing”
Indie publishing, on She Writes
I’m the featured guest blogger on She Writes today, talking about indie publishing for their Countdown to Publication. I’ll be the Friday guest blogger there for the next few weeks. You can check in on Fridays or follow my posts.
Doing what I can for you guys
Now I’ve just realized my last post on working with an independent editor was back around NaNoWriMo, which is kind of silly. That was a really long time ago. So let’s talk a little about working with an editor. You guys want to do it. I know you do, because… Read more“Doing what I can for you guys”