Chris Lough writes in Tor.com an article which is, hands down, the best description of the book production process I’ve ever read. In How Could The Winds of Winter Be Published in Only Three Months he walks us through the six key steps in the process for a typical book and then for R. R. […]
Archive for the ‘Publishing’ Category
Book Production and Being an Author
Posted: 31st January 2017 by jazzdog in Publishing, UncategorizedTags: Amazon, author, Kill't Dead or Worse, Nick Sibelius, publishing, Richard Hacker, self publishing, writing
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WORD: Amazon Brick and Mortar
Posted: 30th March 2016 by jazzdog in PublishingTags: Amazon, books, bookstore, eBook, publishing, Richard Hacker, writing
Sometimes what you never thought you’d ever see happens right in front of you. Like many of us, I have watched Amazon enter the marketplace, devouring small, independent bookstores and crushing the big box stores as well. Amazon can sell just about anything to anyone and get it there in two days for free. Sounds much […]
A Writer’s Companion: Fear
Posted: 2nd February 2014 by jazzdog in Creativity, Life, Publishing, WritingTags: author, creativity, Richard Hacker, success, writing
If you spend enough time around authors and aspiring authors, you begin to sense a force wending its way through hearts and minds. Fear. As aspiring authors we may fear we’re just not good enough for publication. Or worse, what if the thing we want so much, to be published, exposes our flaws and shortcomings […]
Do What You Love
Posted: 8th October 2013 by jazzdog in Creativity, Digital Media, Marketing, Novel, Publishing, Uncategorized, WritingTags: J.K.Rowling, marketing, publishing, Rowling, Social networking, success
James Stewart’s column in the New York Times, “Long Odds for Authors Newly Published” about J.K. Rowling aka Robert Galbraith’s book, Cuckoo’s Calling has left me pondering what writing is all about these days. In the article, Stewart discusses how Cuckoo’s Calling under the Galbraith name had to be shopped around at publishers and then, depending on […]
Author Chat: Audra Middleton
Posted: 16th September 2013 by jazzdog in Author Interview, Creativity, Interview, Publishing, WritingTags: Audra Middleton, author, author interview, blog, books, creativity, fiction, novel, Watcher, writing
I very pleased to have fellow author Audra Middleton with me on the blog. We recently shared duties as co-facilitators of a session about finding the right critique group at the 2013 Pacific Northwest Writers Association conference. Audra, thanks for being with me today. It’s always good to have a fellow Champagne Books author in […]
The Path to Success: Do What You Love
Posted: 9th September 2013 by jazzdog in Publishing, WritingTags: author, blog, creativity, fiction, J.K.Rowling, marketing, novel, Richard Hacker, self publishing, success
James Stewart’s column in the New York Times, “Long Odds for Authors Newly Published” about J.K. Rowling aka Robert Galbraith’s book, Cuckoo’s Calling has left me pondering what writing is all about these days. In the article, Stewart discusses how Cuckoo’s Calling under the Galbraith name had to be shopped around at publishers and then, depending […]
The Business of Writing
Posted: 20th May 2013 by jazzdog in Creativity, Marketing, Publishing, UncategorizedTags: author, blog, books, champagne books, creativity, eBook, novel, Richard Hacker, writing
Jane Friedman, who writes a blog on the business of writing, has shared an infographic which offers one of the better descriptions of the evolving publishing world. Often conversations about the many paths writers might take include a level of angst (oh my God, we’re all going to die!), defensiveness (my way is better than […]
Quality Is Job One
Posted: 4th March 2013 by jazzdog in Novel, Publishing, WritingTags: author, blog, DIRTY WATER, novel, quality, Richard Hacker, toxic relationship, writing
I was reading a Writer’s Digest blog post recently about 3 Surprising Lessons about Publishing Today. The third “surprising” lesson? Quality rules in the marketplace. I put surprising in quotes because as readers don’t we already know this one? How many times have you picked up a book, jazzed by the cover or the blurb […]
Author Chat: January Bain
Posted: 9th September 2012 by jazzdog in Author Interview, Creativity, Novel, Publishing, WritingTags: author, blog, champagne books, creativity, fiction, Forever Man, January Bain, novel, writer, writing
The Big Question
Posted: 3rd September 2012 by jazzdog in Creativity, Publishing, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, WritingTags: author, blog, books, creativity, fiction, novel, Richard Hacker, toxic relationship, writer
