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Living Vicariously through my characters!
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The cover reveal for Melissa West's GRAVITY (Coming Oct. 2012)

http://www.charleevale.com/blog

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Martin Bodenham, CEO of a private equity firm, and author of a new thriller, The Geneva Connection, notes the similarities between high finance and publishing: http://thethrillbegins.blogspot.com/201 ... e-lot.html

Historical fiction author Sophie Perinot blogs about the excitement, fear, and exhaustion that makes the last month before publication the most uncomfortable of all: http://bookpregnant.blogspot.com/2012/0 ... iller.html

You might be a writer if...
Stop by and add your own endings to the list.
http://nicole-singer.blogspot.com/2012/ ... er-if.html

I don’t see Amazon as a threat to competition. Quite the opposite, in fact. Amazon have done more to foster competition that any other player in the industry. The convergence of four key trends – rise in online bookselling, the widespread adoption of e-readers, the rapidly increasing popularity of e-books, and the ease of digital publishing – have introduced a huge level of competition in the industry. One company has been more responsible for that than anyone: Amazon.

Amazon Is Creating Competition, Not Killing It

http://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/1786/

Sketching characters.

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If your ready for a fiction/fantasy series like no other before or after, then you're ready for. (Drum Roll)

http://vic-velasquez.blogspot.com

I have some good news and some bad news...

http://aimeebeatricejodoin.blogspot.com ... -blog.html

Should you do a print edition? Should you bother with a mailing list? Which ads are worth the money? Is it worth running a limited time sale? How do you go about setting up all this stuff? All these questions, and more, answered today.

Print Editions, Mailing Lists, Special Offers, Donations & Ad Spots

http://davidgaughran.wordpress.com/2012 ... -ad-spots/

dgaughran wrote:Should you do a print edition? Should you bother with a mailing list? Which ads are worth the money? Is it worth running a limited time sale? How do you go about setting up all this stuff? All these questions, and more, answered today.

Print Editions, Mailing Lists, Special Offers, Donations & Ad Spots

David, thanks. I always enjoy your blog posts and continually wish you the best with your publishing endeavors.

Been giving extra attention to characters...what about being a pantster? Does that help or hinder character development?

http://opposingfarces.blogspot.com/

The importance of K.I.S.S. for queries.

http://www.amschilling.com/blog/?p=124

A Villain Retrospective http://sommerleigh.com/archives/5294

Nancy Bilyeau, author of the Tudor-era thriller The Crown, has an excellent post on publishing in the age of Google Alert. Sometimes I wish I had a cool last name... http://bookpregnant.blogspot.com/