“Gifted”

A gift of some good, entertaining reading that proves all entertainers and entertainment genres are exactly the same. (Read the Bowie interviews if you need inspiration to lock your doors at night. And during the day. And…just all the time, really.)
Merry Reading.

If Only

Reasons why I would love HQ to have POD capabilities:
Exhibit A
Wherein 33 people will make money off my work. I’m not one of them.
Exhibit B
Wherein 49 people will make money off my work. I’m not one of them here, either, unless someone’s willing to pay more money.
Exhibit C
One of the funniest HQs ever, and one [...]

Yes, Virginia, It Really Is A Business

Today, they’re calling Harlequin a “vanity publisher”. Hence the video.
Do I think it was the greatest idea to attach the HQ brand — even loosely — with a self-publishing house? No. But I do wish I was a stockholder.
Anyone who’s really been paying attention in this industry knows that publishing houses [...]

Directive

Go to Mystery Google
Without typing anything in the search field, click the “Google Search” button.
Read the response, and do what comes naturally…
(Btw, Mystery Google — if you actually do try to search something there –gives you the last searcher’s results, not yours. Minutes and minutes of fun. I’d say “hours and hours” of “good clean” [...]

QP: Still Doin’ It Right

Maybe it’s not cool or wise to be excited about one’s competition, but from the moment I first heard about Quartet Press, I was revved. Finally, someone with reputation, clout and know-how to make something happen, and maybe even impose some positive change in digital publishing!
Then they hired Angela James — who is the absolute [...]

Just Because

Say It Ain’t So

Brett Favre. Is a Viking.
That’s like…appointing Dan Brown the next Pope.
Minnesota once again proves that the Vikings pocket is where all used-up quarterbacks come to die.

Ten Things…

You will never hear an editor say:
1)      “Nah, let’s leave it that way. We’ll just put a glossary at the end of the book so readers will know what you meant.”
2)      “Just use Babelfish.”
3)      “Don’t worry about it. Readers never catch geography or history errors.”
4)      “This love scene is way too hot.”
5)       “It’s just an [...]

I Knew It

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Follow-up on RWA

Okay, so I got to thinking today, which is never good.
Let’s say someone DID start a new romance organization specifically geared toward digital authors.
What would the “legitimate publisher” guidelines then be? What would they be based on?