Hi. I'm Joan Stewart, aka The Publicity Hound, and I'm bringing more than just publicity tips to BAIPA when I visit April 12. You could be the lucky winner of the door prize: a yellow Cheesehead hat, like the ones you saw in the crowd when my Green … [Read more...]
An Author's Enigma – the trauma of publishing a novel – Part 1
[This is the first of four excerpts from Jonathan R. Husband's essay about his publishing experiences as a first-time indie author, written for the benefit of other BAIPA authors. In BAIPA, he is known as John Cammidge. -- BAIPA blog editor, Linda … [Read more...]
From Pen To Published – Redwood Writers Conference
Redwood Writers invites you to journey “From Pen to Published!” at all-day event, Saturday, April 26, 2014 at the Bertolini Student Center of Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa 8:00 am – 5:30 pm. Morning Keynote … [Read more...]
When it Comes to Pitching the Media, Less Is More
By Joan Stewart The Publicity Hound It's a common mistake, and authors make it repeatedly. They create a one-size-fits-all pitch about their book, or an upcoming event, and they blast it to the masses. Their thinking goes like this. Let's say an … [Read more...]
Does Being a Man Sell More Books?
Spotted on romance writer Kayci Morgan's blog: What I enjoy most about self-publishing is experimenting. Figuring out what works and what doesn't. It's like piecing together a big puzzle. One of the things I attempted was to publish under a male … [Read more...]
Fascinating article and interesting data about our industry
Just saw this in the pod_publishers Yahoo group and felt it was important to share with all of you. Please read it through and post your comments. Also, feel free to share elsewhere. http://authorearnings.com/the-report/ … [Read more...]
What’s an Independent Publisher?
So, I was astonished earlier this month to find myself elected president of BAIPA — the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association. You may call me Mr. President. (Actually, please don't!) Born in the early, heady days of the desktop … [Read more...]
February 2014 San Francisco Writers Conference
2014 SAN FRANCISCO WRITERS CONFERENCE. It’s a Celebration of Craft, Commerce and Community for Writers--February 13th-17th at the Mark Hopkins Hotel. Featuring: Julie Kagawa, USA Today & NY Times bestselling author of The Iron Fey series; Barry … [Read more...]
Writing by Voice
By Joseph T. Sinclair About ten years ago I investigated voice recognition software, which I found to be surprisingly accurate but not accurate enough to be useful for writing a book by voice (dictating). Nonetheless, I wrote a short book by voice … [Read more...]
What Business Are You In? (Hint: It's not writing or publishing) – By Mike Larsen
If you think you’re just in the writing or the publishing business, prepare for poverty and obscurity. If you want to be a successful writer in the Digital Age, you have to be in six businesses: 1. The content business. You have to create … [Read more...]