From Rick: I’ve been incredibly remiss lately in posting to the blog. It’s been five weeks since the last post. I’ve been focusing on what a writer should focus on: his own writing, and I have several projects ongoing. It’s
Read moreFrom Rick: This week, given that it’s Thanksgiving week, I’m going to give myself a little breathing room here while still giving you a couple of useful articles to read. One of the most challenging aspects of fiction writing to
Read moreFrom Rick: I had a different post planned for this week, but in the middle of the week, Kris Rusch grabbed me with an excellent her post on her blog. I know I mention her a lot on this blog,
Read more(1) Bookstores, and Barnes & Noble in particular. In case you haven’t heard the news about B&N being up for sale, here’s Kris Rusch’s take on it and on bookstores in general and how they have applied to authors. Once
Read moreFrom Rick: It constantly amazes me how Kris Rusch always puts her finger on the right button every time. I’m sure many of you are tired of hearing me tout her blog, but—seriously—she knows her stuff because she’s been at
Read moreFrom Rick: I often receive inspiration for these blog posts from questions I am asked. Last week, someone asked my advice on a publisher who contacted him about re-publishing a book. I had never heard of the publisher, but there
Read moreFrom Rick: In response to last week’s post, I received a comment from one of my writer friends who did go with a smaller traditional publisher. He said that I failed to mention things like the costs associated with self-publishing,
Read moreFrom Rick: Most of what the people believe about having your book published and the success of published authors is false. (1) A published author makes a lot of money. (2) A publisher will give you a substantial advance on
Read moreFrom Rick: Recently I’ve had several questions regarding how to figure out how to classify a book genre-wise. Some of these questions have dealt with the differences between biographies and historical fiction as well as some interesting misconceptions when it
Read moreFrom Rick: I’m just coming off a busy, week-long vacation to the California National Parks (King’s Canyon, Sequoia, Yosemite, Death Valley) plus other places of interest along the way, so I’m going to keep this week’s post short. Besides, I’ll
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