E-book Promotion in 2011: No Fooling Around Anymore by Rebecca Crowley “The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity…”—A. Edward Newton (e-book or not!) I am an industry insider, the e-book era came and I stayed calm. Imagine that! Have you heard of such a [...]

I think my favorite moment as an Author’s Assistant came when an author I work for declared, “You keep me out of the loony bin!” How could that statement NOT make my day? It makes me feel not only valuable, but like some kind of extremely specialized Author M.D. I can’t help out with your [...]

My favorite advice, to both new writers and experienced writers, is “if you don’t submit, it won’t sell,” and “don’t make the editor’s decision for her.” It sounds obvious, doesn’t it? If you don’t submit the story or novel, it’s a sure thing no one will buy it. Unless, of course, you have a stalker [...]

Every writer has *those* days sometimes.  Those days when the words don’t flow, when we’re waiting to hear from an agent or editor before we can move on, when we have time we want to use for writing, but no pressing project– or no idea how to press forward on the project at hand! It can [...]