Dec

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2011

News You Can Use – Dec. 20, 2011

The Self-Aggrandizing Self-Publishing Kings: Extreme Rhetoric, Inflammatory Language and Ulterior Motives - A welcome response to the constant negativity found on select blogs regarding the publishing business.

Don’t Support Your Local Bookstore – An outrageous and inciting article from Farhad Manjoo, Slate‘s technology columnist. Great responses from Tim Redmond and Will Doig.

The Rise of the Cowboy Romance Novel – Time magazine article on secular cowboy romance novels.

Pirates are Stealing my Books! – Karen Ranney is justifiably angry. I am surprised her publisher is not doing more to help. Maybe the whole story is not yet being told.

Ignore Everything but the Writing – Wisdom from Carrie Ryan

Screenwriting 101 – Ever wondered how to write a screenplay? Here are the basics.

The Writing Process as a Board Game – A highly creative post by Margo Berendsen.

11 Frequently Asked Questions About Book Royalties, Advances and Money - Great post by  Chuck Sambuchino.

One Response to “News You Can Use – Dec. 20, 2011”

  1. C.J. Chase December 20, 2011 at 9:44 am #

    On the book stealing, I urge all authors to search their names on this site: http://sharebookfree.com/

    It has over 100,000 separate titles on it, including many Christian fiction and nonfiction works.

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