Posts tagged as:

semi-organized thoughts

Think like a marketer.

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 — [...]

Read the full article →

Artistic Progress Envy

May 22, 2010

I just got back from this show, “Circus in Progress,” put on by a circus arts/physical theater studio.  It was a great show, but more than that, it really got me thinking about just how hidebound the publishing industry is. In high school, I got into clowning and Commedia, and I took it pretty seriously.  [...]

Read the full article →

The first time I bought an erotic ebook.

April 25, 2010

I was remembering the first time I bought an erotic ebook. When I was “underage,” I would go the library or bookstore to read. I could never check out Delta of Venus and bring it home without my nosy mom poking around, so I would sit for hours with whatever lurid selection I could find. [...]

Read the full article →