When a reader is simply told to believe something, rather than shown evidence, they will be less willing to accept it. The reader’s trust, if they extend it to you, will be thin and brittle if it is only based on your own plain claims about yourself. Even in nonfiction, the old fiction author’s adage […]
“Where do I find the formatting conventions for a manuscript, or a source file for publishing?”
This question came up recently—again!—so I thought I’d answer it here for posterity. TFor manuscript formatting (suitable when you’re preparing the document to be submitted to contests, to agents, to acquisitions agents and publishers) use standard manuscript format. William Shunn is a bit of a codger: no one uses Courier anymore (Classic Format). Use Times […]
Subsidy Publishing: Pros, Cons, and Harsh Realities
Normally I might subtitle this “the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” but in this case, I want to help you distinguish between the Professionals and the Con artists, as well as understand one fundamental truth about all subsidy publishers. Understand this harsh reality, unflinchingly incorporate it into your strategic thinking, and you’ll be able […]
LinkedIn deserves a fresh appraisal
After Sheri Kent’s advice at the GLAWS panel discussion this past Saturday, I definitely want to get up to speed with LinkedIn, “the platform I’m on, but mostly ignore.” This morning, I got an email from LInkedIn inviting me to this live-stream event! It begins at 10:00am Pacific, this Friday, it’s free, and I’ll be […]
Ugly Truth of Life: you gotta pay taxes
Congratulations, your books are finally beginning to sell well! Now the Tax Man looms. You’ll want to get the jump on him now so that he won’t haunt, or actually harm, your fledgling business in the future. The longer you ignore him, the more frightening a threat he becomes. Let’s dispatch that threat right now. […]
Four tips for academic critique…
Here is a little glimpse of the kind of content you’ll find in our Academic Reading Training Seminar, drawn from the new online version that debuted last week —and which continues this week! It involves about nine hours of content plus time spent putting those skills and strategies to work. We won’t just feed you […]
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