Stephen England | July 24, 2012
So, you’ve uploaded your finished and (hopefully) edited manuscript to KDP, PubIt, or one of the other independent publishers out there. Your book is now available for sale. . . Congratulations, gentle reader! Now, before my voice becomes drowned out in the sound of corks popping and the backslapping congratulations of your fellow authors, let [...]
Category: The Art of Writing |
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Tags: Amazon, BBAs, Brad Thor, indie, publishing, reviewers, self-publishing, Stephenie Meyer
Stephen England | March 2, 2012
I was in a mall when I first learned of the passing of Andrew Breitbart. I’d just booted up my laptop in preparation for #ThrillerThursday. Before heading to Twitter for the hashtag party, I stopped by Brad Thor’s community forum and logged in. And there it was. It seemed hard to believe, that one so [...]
Category: News of the Day |
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Tags: Andrew Breitbart, Big Government, Big Hollywood, Brad Thor, conservatism, Fourth Estate, free speech, memoriam, Osama bin Laden, the Left, Thorum, Twitter
Stephen England | February 2, 2012
“At the start of every poorly written indie novel, there’s a dedication to the critique group that ‘improved’ it.” I made that claim on Twitter a few weeks ago and was somewhat amused by the horror with which it was met. Apparently, the independent publishing movement, while still wet behind the ears, is still [...]
Category: The Art of Writing |
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Tags: Brad Thor, Carolyn McCray, critique groups, Indie Book Collective, Indie novels, perfectionism, publishing, self-publishing, successful writers, Vince Flynn, Writing