One of my friends is trying to do some writing research, so I am asking on her behalf. She is looking for a lake in US, preferably somewhere warm, so it can be a summer home. The lake must be swimmable and have clear to semi-clear water for story reasons, so it can’t be completely
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Low Threshold
On Facebook, there was a discussion of “The 5 Finger Fantasy Rule: a Plea For Mercy from SFF Authors.” To summarize the article, the author would like to read SF and Fantasy, but after a few tries they found the jargon of the genre difficult to understand. Therefore they pled for mercy and suggested that
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S-Corp and Other Corps
I’m thinking of incorporating. What kind of corporation are you? I am going to give you a super valuable and totally awesome advice: talk to an accountant. I am not qualified to advise you on the type of corporation that’s best for you. Here is some background information for information purposes only. No matter what
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Advances: How they Work
Advances “So if a writer gets an advance and the book does not sell well do they have to repay part of the advance? Or does it affect future contracts – no contract / no advance etc.? Or it varies per the contract in place?” Short answer is no, advance doesn’t need to be paid
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Routine, Roles, and Friendship
How important is having a routine in writing? You seem very distraught whenever your routine is interrupted and I don’t know if it’s just because the deadlines or because it throws you off. Do you think you will ever retire from writing (not just publishing) or is it something your brain will always want to
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I Have the Power!
How much do you get to control when you’re self-publishing? And how much do you stick to in terms of “industry standards” because they are good/established marketing even if you don’t agree with? Book length, fonts, cover type,”purity” of tropes, PG rating etc? Do you always listen to your agent or pub team if they
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Pseudonyms
Do you have a list of book ideas somewhere that are very out of your usual genres or don’t have time for? Have you ever thought about starting over under a pseudonym? Yes, but probably not for the most obvious reason. 🙂 Let’s cover the more traditional uses for a pseudonym. From a publisher’s point
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Work Day
I’ve spent the last several hours looking at exit wounds and dead bodies. I am so depressed now. I hope your day is going better than mine.
Blood Heir Audio is Now Available
Audible | Amazon | Apple Books Yay! We are really pleased with how it turned out. Suzanne Freeman gave us a great performance. We hope you will enjoy it. The names are pronounced the way they are supposed to have been pronounced all along. If you are going to complain about the names, your comment
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On Nerdy Writers, Misunderstanding Of
Me, to a friend: No matter how many times I say it, they just don’t get it. It’s like I am speaking Tusken or something. Friend: I am pretty sure they speak Italian in Tuscany. There is a Tuscan dialect, but… Me: No, Tus-KEN. You know, Sand People? On Tatooine? ::making growling noises:: Rawr rawr,
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Answers to BLOOD HEIR Burning Questions
I have the Youtube recording of the afterparty ready below, but for those of you who can’t watch right now, here are some answers to some questions that the long suffering Moderator R has compiled. Will it be a series? Moderator R says: Despair, thy name is BDH- it came up 223 times on the
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The Balls… OMG
Anne in the comments mentioned that an entitled fan had made a mess of themselves on Nora Roberts blog. So I went to look. You’re looking for the commenter named Debra. She explained to Nora Roberts how publishing works. OMG, I can’t even. I can’t. New goal in life: Don’t be Debra.
