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  • Whenever my head gets to reeling over all the pieces of establishing an actual career...is, but FM even has a special forum that is kids-only (except for a couple of moderators—usually experienced mom...
  • Yes! It's a total juggle, and one in which the balls fall out of the air more often than not. What I try to do is spend a chunk of time on each task, every day. If I...
  • Great story. Shows how self publishing can give you a platform, feedback, and take you surprising places. I'm totally sold on publishing. Too many reasons to ramble on...
  • Hi Sara, I see African American literature as not being monolithic. There is not one specific genre or theme that defines black literature. Oh Lord, this is a topic I...
  • The operative phrase about traditional publishing is "if you can get it." My sense is that traditional publishing is languishing. This notion is supported by the numbe...
  • Hi everyone! Just found this group and thought it looked like a nice place to hang out. I'm working on a young adult fiction manuscript ... the first in a planned tril...
  • Like many Smashwords' authors, I signed up directly with PubIt! instead of letting the former distribute my book to them. The thinking is that authors can get that muc...
  • Yeah, Sara, I have something to say about that. MacAdam Cage went bankrupt. I have a friend who had a novel published there, and she's not even sure where the books ar...