The Many Ways to Skin a Cat | Maria V. Snyder
Blog Series: Researching “The Many Ways to Skin a Cat” in Publishing Over the next few weeks I am going to be looking at all the ways “to skin a cat” in publishing. I am going to interview and...
View ArticleCover Lust
There is a saying: Don’t judge a book by its cover. Of course in the world of publishing we know how incorrect that statement is. Publishers judge books by their covers. Publicists and reviewers judge...
View ArticleCover me Irresistible
First Impressions Count In life everything we see makes an impression on us. Both the really good and the really bad stick in our memories. We also make impressions on others. But there is only one...
View ArticleTaking a New Road
Some exciting news in the pipeline for this writer...taking a new road...
View ArticleTwitter…It’s a conversation
Part 2 .... It's all about the tweeting quality of your conversation... Are you talking? One of the most underused and abused of the social networking/media sites is Twitter. I will admit that Twitter...
View ArticleTo submit or not to submit
“This manuscript of yours that has just come back from another editor is a precious package. Don’t consider it rejected. Consider that you’ve addressed it ‘to the editor who can appreciate my work’ and...
View ArticleTalking E-Books,Indie Publishing and Writing
There is a lot of talk in the world of writing and publishing about the shape of Traditional Publishing vs Indie Publishing and Print Publishing vs E-Book Publishing. Many writers are adamant on which...
View ArticleTime Saving Steps for your WIP
This evening, I received one of my daily emails called: Thought for Today. This is an email sent by the Oprah website and which I get every day. It has a mesh of little tidbits of advice, ranging from...
View ArticleHook that Agent!
(Image by lovestruck. via Flickr) On Tuesday I posted on The Writer’s Achilles’ Heel where I told you there were two words that struck fear into a writer’s stalwart heart: Synopsis and Query. I posted...
View ArticleWallflower or Social Butterfly? | Part 1
Or In real life you may fall into one or the other category but what about in the virtual and digital world of social media? Are you a shy and retreating Wallflower or are you the life of the party and...
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