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Submissions Open for Audio Scribe Awards

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The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers has added an audio category to their annual Scribe Awards. Because the category was assembled so late in the year, they are extending the entry deadline to March 1st  for this category only. Audio programs must fit the following general guidlines: Audio entries must represent full-cast radio-style plays, … Read more

You Are a Billion Dollar Multi-National Publishing Conglomerate

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Unlike in paper, where an author needs a distribution partner to cost-effectively reach a mass market of readers, in digital a lone author has exactly the same ability to distribute as any New York-based, billion-dollar multinational conglomerate. In that single, succinct paragraph, my buddy Barry Eisler makes it clear why publishers are becoming increasingly irrelevant … Read more

Inept Publisher Rises from the Dead

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You may remember Lightsword, the scandal-plagued publishing company that defrauded authors and crumbled under author/editor Linda Daly's ineptitude and scores of lawsuits. Well, now Daly is back with LSP Digital and has announced that she's accepting manuscript submissions next year. She writes: Linda continues her quest and passion for writing by working on several manuscripts and screenplays; … Read more

The Bookwhirl Morons Never Learn

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Those imbeciles at Bookwhirl, who offer inept publicity services, sent me… a guy who has been trashing them for years….a promo for their Thanksgiving sale just to prove that they still can't promote themselves effectively,  much less an author. The best proof of their staggering ineptitude as publicists is that they even have me on their … Read more

Let’s Dance on The Grave of Jones Harvest

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It appears that Jones Harvest Publishers, the vanity press run by huckster Brien Jones, has finally died in shame.  His company website has disappeared and he's reportedly closed the pitiful  little storefront that he operated to convince his gullible "authors,"  primarily senior citizens, that their poorly-printed books would be available in brick-and-mortar stores.   Bonnie … Read more

Priorities

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I'm always trying to juggle my family and work committments to figure out the best, and most productive, use of my time. Unfortunately, writing a post for my blog always ends up at the bottom of the list. It's not like I don't have things to say about television, publishing, or the writing process…or pet … Read more

IAMTW Suspends Dues for 2012

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These are tough financial times…and writers, particularly those in the tie-in field, are hurting.  We want to do our small part to help out. The International Association of Media Tie-in Writers is suspending annual dues for current and new members effective immediately and on through 2012…dues will be re-instated on January 1, 2013. That doesn’t … Read more

Literary Agents Reinventing Themselves

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With the publishing industry undergoing cataclysmic changes, and with self-publishing now a viable option for authors, it's only natural that literary agents are scrambling to position themselves. How are they going to make money in this new publishing business? How are they going to be relevant? One way is to reinvent themselves. Instead of just … Read more