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1 day ago ago from The Official Schoolgirl Milky Crisis Blog
As if by magic, the First Emperor of China rears his ugly head again only a few days later, with the word from my publishers that he's finally earned out his advance. This is a cause for great celebration for an author it means that a book is performing in a manner which the publisher is liable to find satisfactory, and is now, at least in theory, a little income-generating machine that can be left to perpetually whirr away in the corner and ...
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13 hours ago ago from The Cuckleburr Times
Suppose you've just gone through a divorce and lost custody of your kids. Or a loved one has recently died of cancer. Or you struggled in school as a child because you have dyslexia. Many writers turn difficult periods in their lives into books for children, hoping to help young readers through similar painful experiences. Here are some tips to keep in mind when creating and selling books based on real-life events: Remember that ...
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22 hours ago ago from Writing Mastery
If you get one book published, and then after a while you write another, and send it to the same publisher are they going to look at your manuscript before looking at the manuscripts of unpublished writers? Or does that take three or four books before they do that? Or do they never do that? Thanks for your answers. tinkibea: I started to read your story, and it's very good. If you are planning on writing a series, do you have to tell them ...
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15 hours ago ago from Mysterious Matters: Mystery Publishing Demystified
I am one of those traditionalists who believe that, in order to write a good crime novel today, you must have read and studied the greats of the genre. So I've composed a list of the books that I believe should be read by those who aspire to greatness in the mystery genre. In an area as wide-ranging as the crime novel, this was no small task, and I'm sure there are those who will not only argue with some of my selections but also point ...
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11 hours ago ago from POE\'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS
Sandra Parshall Have you ever been so entranced by a book’s cover that you bought the book on the spot? Or so revolted that you put the novel back on the shelf without so much as opening it to the first page? Writers dream of having the first kind of cover and live in fear that they’ll end up with the second. Tales of bad covers abound – writers gnashing their teeth and sobbing to sympathetic colleagues, “I hate it! And I can’t get them ...
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21 hours ago ago from The New York Times
Ever since electronic books emerged as a major growth market, New York's largest publishing houses have worried that big-name authors might sign deals directly with e-book retailers or other new ventures, bypassing traditional publishers entirely. Prnewsfoto Author Stephen Covey Now, one well-known author is doing just that. Stephen R. Covey, one of the most successful business authors of the last two decades, has ...
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11 hours ago ago from FOX News
Book Returned to Massachusetts Library 99 Years Later Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Print NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts The book returned to the New Bedford Public Library in Massachusetts this week wasn't overdue by a week, a month or even a year. It was nearly a century overdue, and the fine came to $361.35. "Facts I Ought to Know about the Government of My Country" was supposed to have been returned by May 10, 1910. Stanley Dudek told ...
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17 hours ago ago from Media General - Turnto10.com
Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This Man returns library book overdue 99 years The Associated Press Published: December 15, 2009 NEW BEDFORD, Mass. The book Stanley Dudek finally returned to the New Bedford Public Library this week wasn't overdue by a week, a month or even a year. It was ...
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By Rachel Emma Silverman As a Juggle editor, I receive a stack of books about work-life issues every week from publishers and authors everything from stress-relief manuals for working parents to improving couples' sex lives after having kids . Weeding through the vast literature on the topic is a task that most jugglers simply dont have time for, as we noted in our post on the slew of new parenting-advice books . It's tough to find time to ...
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