I have a full time day job. I would love to write full time but until I can make enough money off my writing, if not more, to supplement the income from the day job I’m stuck working and writing.
I’ve had authors tell me they envy me or admire me or wonder how I do […]
Via Guide to Literary Agents -
Michelle Wolfson has recently left Artists and Artisans to form her own literary agency. Her new agency Web page is under construction, but she already sent her info over, mentioning that she is “actively seeking clients.”
Wolfson Literary Agency
P.O. Box 266, New York NY 10276. E-mail: query@wolfsonliterary.com. Web site: www.wolfsonliterary.com/. […]
In my efforts to become a more efficient, better organized, uber prolific outputting writer, I decided to list my writing goals for 2008. My Writing Goals for 2008:
1. Continue to submit in an effort to be published, and remain published (i.e. not a one hit, two novella wonder) so I can build a backlist and […]
The three of you, along with the other publishing houses who have been kind enough to add “special” urban/ghetto imprints are all about to see a major shift in your ongoing and relentless publication of exploitative, destructive, racist, egregious, sexist, base, tacky, poorly-written, unedited, degrading books. Like a number of Black bookstores who are starting […]
Here is another blog that I frequently visit that gives out insightful and helpful information.
http://rejecter.blogspot.com/
Tonni asked a question in the comments for the Hero Worship thread: Why do authors call the main characters hero and heroine in their stories?
My response:
Hero and Heroine are simply put the main focus of the book/novel. They are the driving force of the book. Hero/Heroine not only drive the central romance plot but help determine […]
Goals –
The purpose toward which an endeavor is directed; an objective
The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; “the ends justify the means”
Plan –
A scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance.
A design or […]
I recently came across a craft of writing book that I love. Usually I’ll skim them or just read the parts that are relevant to me. But this is one of the few books I’ve read cover to cover.
Passionate Ink: A Guide to Writing Erotic Romance by Angela Knight
From pg. 16 - “I don’t care […]
More from Samhaim - This time a contest:
Thanks to inspiration from the Romance Divas and author Karin Tabke, Samhain Publishing is going to be holding a Best First Line contest on our blog (http://www.samhainpublishing.com/blog).
Starting Monday, June 4th at 8am Eastern, authors are invited to leave the first line of a previously unpublished work (of 12,000 […]
At BEA this weekend Kensington announced the creation of a new romance imprint, in conjunction with epublisher Samhain. The new imprint (Unnamed as of yet) will publish one to two books a month. Details are a bit sketchy and hazy right now, but the following are what is known:
Samhain will be responsible for the acquisition […]
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