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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

I love Wednesdays. Not only because it’s the middle of the week, but at the Novelists Inc blog you get a chance to see what industry experts have to say. Today find out what an editorial assistant at Kensington does.
Then stop on by Riding with the Top Down to find out A Day in the […]

Bits and Bobs

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Sorry, I was busy last week and something had to give so no blog. However, I’m back and here are some wonderful posts you may be interested in.
Want to get a behind the scenes look at the publishing industry from a man who knows? Then read the fantastic interview with editor Chuck Adams to […]

More Freebies

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

This truly is a gift. Literary agent Donald Maass, author of Writing the Breakout Novel, has a free download of his excellent book The Career Novelist. Whether you’re at the start of your career or in the middle of it this book has advice that will put you on the right track. You can access […]

Get in the know

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Want a behind the scenes look at the publishing industry? Then pop by the Novelists Inc blog every Wednesday to read what an industry expert has to say. You can find out what a cover artist does, how an agent selects and works with clients and more. Upcoming posts will have a book doctor, […]

Tid Bits

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Author Cassie Edwards parts ways with her publisher read about it here.
Author Cindy Holby has a great post about deadline hell.
Author Brenda Novak’s Diabetes Auction is up and running you can start bidding on a chance to have an author/agent/editor read your work and other great prizes here.

How Dorchester Creates Romance Covers

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Find out how Dorchester Publishing creates their eye-catching covers by watching this clip of how New York Times bestselling author C.L. Wilson’s book goes from design concept to book cover.

Five Things I Learned in New York

Friday, April 4th, 2008

I had a great time at the writer’s conference in New York. There were many industry professionals willing to share their insight about the changing publishing climate. Here are five points I’d like to share with you.
1. When you’re just starting out don’t worry about publicity (a website is fine, a publicist is too much). […]

Write your own fake memoir

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Farewell…
First let me be serious and say rest in peace to science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke who died this week at the age of 90. Find out about his life here.

Now for some frivolity.

Make money as a fake
If you want to get your less than truthful memoir published and be like Misha Defonseca who […]

Patry Francis Blog Day

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Hardcover edition

More than 300 authors are blogging today to support the trade paperback release of Patry Francis’s novel THE LIAR’S DIARY.
Ms. Francis is fighting an aggressive form of cancer and can’t promote so authors are coming together to help. You can find out more about this effort here.
Her publisher, Penguin Group USA, is offering […]

Food Fights and Book Bites

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

So it has come to this. Missy Chase Lapine, the author of The Sneaky Chef, is suing Jessica Seinfeld, the author of Deceptively Delicious , for plagiarism and Jerry Seinfeld for defamation. Am I being naïve to hope that it’s all one big misunderstanding? You can read about the case here.
Do you think it […]


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