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A long and twisting road: The story behind “The Mosaic”—Part 1

07/17/201707/24/2017 Write Well, Write To Sell 385 Views 13Thirty Books, chris keaton, novel writing, point of view, publishing, rick taubold

From Rick: There’s an old joke that the difference between a sadist and a masochist is that the masochist tells the sadist, “Beat me, whip me, punish me,” and the sadist tells him, “No.” A parallel in self-publishing might have

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More thoughts on the publishing game

10/10/201602/20/2021 Write Well, Write To Sell 395 Views 2 Comments publishing, rick taubold, self-publishing, traditional publishing, vanity presses

More thoughts on the publishing game From Rick: NOTE: There will be no blog post next week. For the remainder of 2016, I will be posting every other week (10/24, 11/7, 11/21, 12/5, 12/19) to give me time to catch

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The best way to get your book published

07/04/2016 Write Well, Write To Sell 435 Views 1 Comment publishing, rick taubold, self-publishing, traditional publishing

From Rick: This week’s blog is going to be a short one because the answer is very simple. But we’ll get to that. First, I need to get on my soapbox. Know what makes me mad and sad at the

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Traditional publishing vs. self-publishing revisited (PART 2)

03/30/201504/05/2015 Write Well, Write To Sell 407 Views 0 Comments marketing, publishing, rick taubold, self-publishing, traditional publishing, vanity presses

From Rick: Last time, I tried to give the definitions and explanation of the various publishing outlets available today. In this part I want to look at some of the reasons new authors believe that traditional publishing is the only

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To market, to market–Part 5

12/16/201312/20/2013 Write Well, Write To Sell 384 Views 2 Comments book marketing, indie publishing, marketing, publishing, rick taubold

From Rick: I had intended to do a different post this week, and had not intended to do a part 5 of this series, not yet anyway, but we’ve received several comments about it. We rarely get comments on the

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To market, to market–Part 4: Wrap-up (for now)

11/04/2013 Write Well, Write To Sell 341 Views 0 Comments book marketing, book promotion, novel writing, publishing, rick taubold, self-publishing

From Rick: I had expected last week’s post to be the last in this series, but after posting Part 3, a couple of articles came to my attention that I wanted to share because they summarize, reinforce, and expand on

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To market, to market–Part 3

10/28/2013 Write Well, Write To Sell 338 Views 0 Comments book marketing, book promotion, marketing, novel writing, publishing, rick taubold, self-publishing

From Rick: In this series and in my previous two-part series on Book Marketing Games, I’ve tried to pass along the best advice I’ve collected from various sources. You should understand that none of this advice is absolute. Our running

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To market, to market–Part 2

10/21/201310/28/2013 Write Well, Write To Sell 342 Views 0 Comments book marketing, book promotion, novel writing, publishing, rick taubold, self-publishing

From Rick: Last time, I gave you some articles to read, and we looked at the basic requirements to give a book the best chance of success: a good story, good writing, good editing, and a professional-looking cover. Those alone

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The Various Levels of Editing–Part 1

05/20/2013 Write Well, Write To Sell 395 Views 0 Comments editing, editing tips, good writing techniques, novel writing, publishing, scott gamboe, self-editing, self-publishing, writing

From Scott: Today, I’m going to talk about editing, or more specifically, the different levels of editing. Rick and I have mentioned before how important editing is to your work. Your readers expect a clean novel when they buy it,

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Formatting guidelines–PART 3 (Miscellaneous topics)

02/11/201302/18/2013 Write Well, Write To Sell 445 Views 0 Comments editing, editing tips, good writing techniques, manuscript formatting, novel writing, publishing, rick taubold

From Rick: This post will finish the topic of formatting (for now) and attempt to cover those varied points not previously discussed. (1) Smart quote redux This past week I discovered a problem with smart quotes. Remember that I said

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