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Category Archives: publishing
Stop SOPA
The matter of SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, has already been addressed by writers with much more verbal facility than me, but I thought I’d chime in anyway, my post directed at those (few, I hope) authors, who through … Continue reading
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Just Keep Clapping
Publish America is a crooked vanity publisher in sheep’s clothing. But that isn’t the point of this particular ramble. This morning, I came upon this in the Publish America (PA) thread at Absolute Write. The commenter was responding to another … Continue reading
Posted in Lessons Learned, publishing, Writing
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The Music of Chaos, Now in Print!
Buy a book or the cute greyhound will have to go back to a miserable life of racing, stuck in a tiny crate all day, fed horrible food, abused. You wouldn’t want that to happen, would you? Then buy a … Continue reading
Windmills? What Windmills?
I’m hardly one to call for civility and decency. Snark is my primary means of communication. But even I have mellowed with age. As the story of this author kept spreading across the web, as people apparently couldn’t let it … Continue reading
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Monday, Lessons Learned
As I read this train wreck, a few things came to mind… A) I’m really grateful for editors. B) It’s really not a bad review. In fact, I’ve written nastier reviews. C) People don’t know the difference between “e-published,” “self-published,” … Continue reading
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Step One, Dig a Hole
Gardeners bury their mistakes. Whenever I talk about gardening, there is always someone who is quick to say, “I can’t grow anything; I have a brown thumb.” Now, I recognize that this may be an attempt to shut me up. … Continue reading
Posted in Desert life, gardening, publishing, Writing
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Like a Roller Coaster
Dunno. Maybe it’s hormones. Maybe it’s just life. But these past weeks I’ve been vacillating between giddy-happy and morose “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” “Boing, there she goes” triggers include everything from politics, New Zealand (poor Christchurch), Japan … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, publishing, Writing
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Ebook Publishing for the Lazy and Unethical
As I noted in my posting at the other blog, my blog got plagiarized. The thieving site, is the ironically named Write (Create) Your Own Ebook (write-your-own-e-book.info/blog/judging-an-ebook-publisher-by-the-covers). I’m not including a clickable linky, because they don’t deserve the linkage. The … Continue reading
Posted in publishing, Writing
Tagged Blogging, Plagiarism
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Judging an eBook Publisher by the Covers
And by their web page. These days new epublishers are popping up like daisies on the lawn. Over at Absolute Write, someone starts a thread inquiring about a press’s bona fides almost daily. Before you sign a contract, or for … Continue reading
Posted in epublishing, My art, publishing, Writing
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There’s No Nice Way to Say, “You Bore Me.”
Alternative title: How Critters Online Workshop Taught Me to Sympathize with Editors So there it sits. Like a big ole zit on the nose of my (already crappy) day. The form rejection letter. Besides the sense of crushing defeat, there’s … Continue reading
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