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Update
Well, haven't posted in a while. Excited to be working on the sequel to Deadworld. Edits were finally finished and shipped off to editor. Crossing my fingers that if anything, there will only be minor tweeks left. They asked for info to begin working on a cover. No clue what the timeline is on that of course, but it's great to see things moving ( Read more... ) -
When It Rains It Pours
Been waiting for my first revision letter for some time now. Been waiting to get called back to work at my former job for way longer. Perhaps not so surprising, got call from work on Thursday and revision letter on friday. Stack this on top of being in school 40 plus hours a week for student teaching until the end of March, and you get a whole heap ( Read more... ) -
Here Comes the Time Crunch
My final term of school begins Monday. It's my in-class student teaching element of my elementary education certification: 12 weeks of 9-4 working with students in the classroom plus additional assignments to go along with. Part-time job on top of that to keep stretching unemployment out as long as possible. Any time now I'll be getting revision ( Read more... ) -
Premium Ebooks
Announcement came from MacMillan Publishing that they are going to be delaying ebook release on some titles but are going to be creating premium ebooks with added content to be released with hardcovers. There's been talk the past few months about this sort of possibility, from "I just want the damn text" to "it depends on what this added content is ( Read more... ) -
Ebooks and Hardcovers
Today Hachette Books and Simon&Schuster annonced that they would be delaying release of ebooks on a number of their hardcovers by four months. This will undoubtedly annoy the vast number of folks who read ebooks and are getting used to the notion of downloading new releases on release day. In the article, it was stated that this is being done to ( Read more... ) -
Agent's New Blog!
My super-cool agent, Nathan Bransford has redisgned his blog which is now even more full of win. Also, he's added discussion forums! Given the number of bloggers who regularly visit, I foresee this forum becoming a great place to find info, network with other writerly folk, and get questions of a writing and publishing nature answered. Given I'm ( Read more... ) -
PW Post!
My post in Publisher's Weekly announcing my sale is up today! Woot! Very exciting.
J.N. Duncan's DEADWORLD, about an FBI agent who joins forces with her psychic partner and a vampire private investigator to stop a vengeful killer who has power over the living and the dead, to Audrey LaFehr at Kensington, by Nathan Bransford at Curtis Brown -
Agents-The Evil Gatekeepers of Publishing
I've heard far too often how agents are the Evil Gatekeepers of Publishing, elitist literary snobs who wouldn't know a good book if it leapt up and bit them on the ass. Generally, this comes from frustrated writers who have had no luck in the process of finding an agent or from people who see stuff hitting the shelves they consider to be dreck. I ( Read more... ) -
The Value of a Book
There has been a flood of commentary in recent months over digital books. They spell the doom of traditional publishing. They have annoying drm making them far too difficult to share with others. They aren't available across multiple devices. They're too expensive. Plenty of knowledgeable folk have weighed in both pro and con on the advantages, ( Read more... )
