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- March 27th, 2014, 4:24 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Publishing consultant?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3712
Re: Publishing consultant?
Alice, My partner and I do a lot of this type of work ( http://houseoflit.org/ ). And speaking as an author as well, costs vary. Depends on type of book (fiction, non-fiction, illustrated, poetry, etc), length of book, and other factors, including surprisingly an author's facility with their compute...
- January 12th, 2014, 6:23 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Software Accurately Predicts Books' Popularity By Analyzing
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4318
Re: Software Accurately Predicts Books' Popularity By Analyzing
I'd take all that with a grain of salt. Cliche, I know. And let's be clear: both articles point to what was found to be averagely true for Adventure genre, which wouldn't be the same for other genres. As the source article on the study shows (in Figure 1), Figures of Speech (FOS) levels on successfu...
- October 1st, 2013, 10:16 am
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 828290
Re: Do you have a new blog post?
Good going, ed! I was starting to think these forums wouldn't ever get one more new post!
- September 3rd, 2013, 9:37 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Agent requesting Book Proposal for Fiction Submission
- Replies: 7
- Views: 19328
Re: Agent requesting Book Proposal for Fiction Submission
In fiction the proof is in the pudding, and your agent only asked for the recipe?
Strange.
Strange.
- August 27th, 2013, 6:10 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: 2013 NaNoWriMo
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6831
Re: 2013 NaNoWriMo
Yes, planning to participate.
Have an outline already prepared.
Last year was my first and it went well.
Have an outline already prepared.
Last year was my first and it went well.
- August 25th, 2013, 3:55 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Agent requesting Book Proposal for Fiction Submission
- Replies: 7
- Views: 19328
Re: Agent requesting Book Proposal for Fiction Submission
No explanation. Except maybe in the UK customs can vary?
You are correct: in fiction the work speaks for itself. And must, since the largest part of the appeal of a work is the writing. Rather than the premise.
You are correct: in fiction the work speaks for itself. And must, since the largest part of the appeal of a work is the writing. Rather than the premise.
- August 15th, 2013, 1:32 pm
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 828290
Re: Do you have a new blog post?
Today's blog post is an interview with thriller author Douglas Wickard, who has just released A PERFECT SETUP - the second Sami Saxton novel. Have a look! http://jilledmondson.blogspot.ca/2013/08/interview-with-douglas-wickard-author.html Good to see you back on Bransforums, ed! How is the blogging...
- July 22nd, 2013, 6:20 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Beta readers?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5767
Re: Beta readers?
Perhaps at a more active messageboard, such as K-boards or Absolute Write?
It has been known to happen here, too, though lately few writers visit.
It has been known to happen here, too, though lately few writers visit.
- July 22nd, 2013, 1:16 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Heck, I called it a thriller. lets see.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2642
Re: Heck, I called it a thriller. lets see.
It is almost impossible from this to decipher what the book is about. You have seemingly constructed a mood piece about the book, but agents will rather want to see at a glance who are the main characters and what is the main conflict. Eschew convolution and embrace straightforward telling and showi...
- July 22nd, 2013, 12:37 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Timing in Publishing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4484
Re: Timing in Publishing
Fenris, welcome back. Although there are nearly no "guys" left on this forum anymore, unless you count the crickets. Assuming your books are fiction, I would recommend self publishing in fairly close succession, say, one a month. This gives you the chance to benefit from each separate laun...
- July 7th, 2013, 3:52 pm
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 828290
Re: Do you have a new blog post?
Wow, Ed. Where do you find so many guest bloggers?
Can anyone write a post for your blog?
Can anyone write a post for your blog?
- July 3rd, 2013, 3:13 am
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 828290
Re: Do you have a new blog post?
Wow. Edmjill, so it's mostly guest bloggers who post on your blog? Do you write any of your own posts?
Or are you busy guest-posting on other sites? I guess that would make sense.
Or are you busy guest-posting on other sites? I guess that would make sense.
- June 29th, 2013, 12:40 pm
- Forum: Social Media and Book Promotion
- Topic: Do you have a new blog post?
- Replies: 2655
- Views: 828290
Re: Do you have a new blog post?
Good to see you back, Ed!
Thanks for letting us know whenever you've got a new post!
Thanks for letting us know whenever you've got a new post!
- June 14th, 2013, 11:30 am
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Querycide
- Replies: 1
- Views: 13074
Re: Querycide
4 minutes
- June 13th, 2013, 9:09 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Circulating a book before publishing
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3831
Re: Circulating a book before publishing
It is automatically by law copyrighted the minute you write it, is my understanding. I would also put a copyright notice on any copy of the work that you hand out. Make sure it also says "All rights reserved" which by my understanding protects it in other countries especially. There may be...