So, today’s post will be brief, because, you know, it’s today, and I’ve got a lot to do in the kitchen. On the theme of who or what to be […]
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Perils of the Writer: The Writing Game and the “Big Money”
On one of my OryCon panels– “What I Wish I Had Known Then”– one of the other panelists made the distinction between a writer “getting paid” and “getting paid money”. […]
Read moreOryCon and Separating the Work from the Person
So, I had a wonderful time at OryCon, which was my first Con outside of my usual “circle of influence”, as it were. I mean, when I went to FenCon, […]
Read moreThoughts on My Online Presence
There’s something strangely meta about writing about my online presence here, as this is part of my online presence. My blog-writing is more or less the centerpiece of it. Managing […]
Read moreAnd that was FenCon
So, I’ve returned from FenCon, up in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and it was quite an excellent time. This is my first non-homebase con that I’ve attended since selling The […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Putting Yourself on the Market
More than once, I’ve had people speak to me of “marketing” like it was something separate from “promoting”. I’m a writer, not a marketer or promoter or advertiser, so I […]
Read moreThe Very Different World of Literary Fiction
Literary Fiction is not my world. And on some level, it totally boggles me. Case in point, this weekend I just heard about the book The Goldfinch by Donna Tarrt, […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: The Beast that is Promotion
Promotion is a challenging thing for a writer to get right. You want to get word that your book is out there (or in my case, that it’s available for […]
Read moreChasing the Numbers
So, I’m not at the point, obviously, where I’m tracking book sales. Occasionally I’ll go and look at my Amazon rank for Thorn presales and wonder what that might actually […]
Read moreMetrics of Success
I’m in the early stages of my writing career where the measure of “success” can be marked with easily notable milestones. The big ones along the path still stand out. […]
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