Rejections
Every writer gets them, those dreaded letters, forms, slips of paper or, more currently, emails that either cryptically or in detail describe why it is their work won’t be appearing on that publisher’s list.
2009
A Language Rant
It’s a ranting day for me. Today’s rant is aimed at the devolution of language, which is fine in and of itself. Language is fluid. It has evolved over millennia, adapting to societal changes, reflecting our beliefs and cultures, but always, always it has remained our primary method of communication, whether spoken or written.
Getting Your Books Out There
Being a micro-publisher has its own caveats and hurdles, one of them being the ability to integrate your titles and business into the distribution stream, which is far more complex than one would expect. I’m not sure I fully understand the system as yet. Here’s what I’ve discovered so far.
Why Write?
I’ve been asked that by people I’ve met at book signings. I’ve watched them as they flip through one of my books, debating whether to purchase it, watch their expectation that I’m going to come up with something brilliant, pithy. That’s not my style. My style is more about blunt honesty, which sometimes borders on my inside voice becoming vocal.
Awards Season
It’s a hard go of it if you’re a self-published author, which I am. There is the burden of stigma regarding self-publishing, much of it deserved I might add, you have to overcome, so that your work has to go beyond good.