August 3, 2010
Lately, I’ve talked with a lot of artists, mostly writers, who have no idea how to market their book. This isn’t news, of course! Artists, in general, hate to sell their stuff — it’s one of the reason that publishers exist. (No need to go into how bad a job most publishers are doing — [...]
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December 6, 2009
So, I just read an 80-page novella in which the VPC is human, but has to infiltrate a vampire’s club in order to get some blood. He’s not happy about the idea, but for survival’s sake, he has to go on despite whatever trouble lies ahead. The author started the story in the right spot: [...]
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backstory,
character development,
editing,
fundamentals,
history,
semi-organized thoughts,
writing
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