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  • Judith, I think the Espresso Book Machine sounds cool! I'd love to see my book pop out of one of those. When I set up my files with Lightning Source I'll have to inqu...
  • Some of my work in the past came from listings on mediabistro & Craigslist. Presently I know the owner of one of the pubs I write for and I approached the owner/editor of the other. My consulting work usually stems from feedback I give people about their sites.
  • OK, this is what I did to get past these problems: 1) I wrote on my wall (it's chalkboard painted) "Embrace the shitty first draft", which is something one of my tutor...
  • Hello one and all. I presently live in Essex, close to Colchester. We moved here from Mid-Wales about nineteen years ago but I still consider Wales to be my spiritual...
  • Hi, Tamara! I have just joined and am presently working on copy-edits for my new novel CLAUDE& CAMILLE: a novel of Monet, which will be published spring by Crown....
  • In the cool quiet of 4:45 a.m., Dessa walked across the gray sidewalk of Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn and dropped the key into her landlord's mailbox. Watching the envelope drop from her shaking hand into the metal receptacle made her throat close.
  • Sharon, Hi. Here are my two cents from battling with this same thing for months now and from all I've read about query letters on various agent blogs. Don't say 'fict...
  • Looking at something, I just moved a description of the grease in Bob's hair up higher. i think it's got a better rhythm up there. The last fight of my marriage came...
  • Thanks for that, Angela. I'd also say try the traditional route first--but with your eyes open. Knowing that the other options are out there means you don't need to se...
  • Anjuelle, I have never read anything from you on twitter. Presently, I do not have a blog. I am just to busy to blog at this time. I must check and see if I am followi...