In this Writer Beware Blog they talk about this company Starving Writers Publishing. Okay, aside from the fact that they explain why they’re taking your money to publisher your book, I find them perplexing.
I don’t understand who would submit their work to a publisher called Starving Writers Publishing??? I mean not only are they […]

Can you get rich writing romance novels? Sure. Will you? Probably not. At least not at first. Romance author Brenda Hiatt has a great page on her website called “Show Me the Money”. Click here to find out what publishers are paying romance authors.
From my understanding it’s not much better–excuse me–different than the other […]

I have a section in The Writer Behind the Words called Make Money Matter, but I couldn’t be as eloquent as this (warning: he uses foul language, for those of you who might find that offensive, but his message is important and clear):

Listen and learn. Treat your writing career as a business. Expect–don’t hope–to […]

Do connections matter?

There’s been a rumbling in the publishing world that Jessica Seinfeld (wife of the comedian Jerry Seinfeld) might have borrowed recipes from Missy Chase Lapin. Why? Because the recipes and ideas in Deceptively Delicious (Seinfeld’s book) are similar to The Sneaky Chef (Lapin’s book). And why is there a fuss? Because […]

Donald Trump knows marketing. But this ploy is impressive. The October 17th book signing for his title Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life written with Bill Zanker, president and founder of the Learning Annex, brought up a good question about the crowd of people there.
Were they there for the authors […]

To celebrate the coming of Halloween I want to share horrific tales I (or others) have experienced in the publishing industry. Here I will share tales about agents that will make you cringe, stories about authors that will make you shiver, and anecdotes about publishers that will make you run away in horror.
Okay they may […]

Got a novel? Then here are two contests to consider.
Search for the Next Great Crime Writer Contest
Borders has teamed up with Court TV for their mystery/ crime novel contest. The contest prize is 1,000 US dollars and if the author agrees to a contract they’ll receive an advance of 5,000 US dollars and “Borders will […]

Newsweek got it all wrong. So says Sarah Williams and Joseph Ternes of Chronicle Books.
On Publishers Lunch Sarah Williams said “Chronicle Books will not receive a referral fee for recommending Blurb.com to aspiring authors or artists.”
She also said:
“Chronicle will provide a landing page from our website to which our editors may refer authors or […]

You’ve likely heard the news by now. AuthorHouse has acquired its rival iUniverse. You can read about these wedding bells here. Many are claiming that this will broaden the options for aspiring authors everywhere.
I wonder.
Actually, I worry about this marriage. To me it’s like seeing a beautiful woman with a stellar reputation marrying the […]

I read an article in Newsweek the other day about Chronicle Books referring rejected authors to a self-publisher called Blurb. I nearly burst into laughter thinking it was a joke. It wasn’t.
Chronicle will “refer unwanted authors to Blurb” and if the author signs up with Blurb, Chronicle will receive “an undisclosed cut of the earnings.”
What […]