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Writing a Good Book Proposal

One of the first steps to getting a nonfiction book published by a traditional publisher is writing a good, solid, grab-you-by-the-cheeks-and-make-you-listen book proposal. A book proposal is much the same as...

You Can Never Have My Bookshelves!!

Over the weekend, I read an article by Philip Kennicott in the Washington Post about the effects of ebooks on the publishing industry and our own reading habits. Philip talked about home libraries – you...

Goings On Around the Web

I’ve been trying to catch up on all of my favorite blogs…something I don’t seem to have much free time for lately. In cruising by my favorite blogosphere haunts, hoping all over the cyber...

Creative, Interactive Publishing

I was cruisin the net earlier, looking for more great content to share, when I came across this book trailer on You Tube. I love the idea of blogging a book. Every Monday, the next “episode” of...

Nonfiction Writing More Dominant than Fiction

If you think nonfiction writing is all boring, technical, how-to stuff, you couldn’t be more wrong. Listen to this video from Simon Whaley of the UK-based Writer’s Bureau. According to Simon,...

Publishing, How I Love Thee, Let Me Count the Ways

Well, let’s see…there’s POD, self, vanity, subsidy, traditional…geez! A girl could get a headache trying to count and sort through all the forms of publishing available today....
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