Web Writer
Writing, editing and publishing help. This weblog links to useful resources on the Internet and on Weblogs to help writers.Archive for August 2, 2006
Writing tips for non-writers
Whatever: Writing Tips for Non-Writers Who Don’t Want to Work at Writing
For non-professional writers who want to improve their writing (when they have to do it, presumably).
The Twisting Tail
Buzz, Balls & Hype : The Twisting Tail
What Chris Anderson’s “The Long Tail” means to authors.
“Nielsen Bookscan tracked 1.2 million titles in 2004.
- Of those 950,000 sold fewer than 99 copies each.
- 200,000 sold fewer than 1,000 copies.
- Only 25,000 tiles sold more than 5,000 copies.
- Fewer than 500 sold more than 100,000 copies.
- Only 10 titles sold more than a million copies each.”
The post continues with good publishing predictions and advice for authors.
Roger’s trailer
This Writing Life: Roger’s Trailer
An author, Roger Morris, has created a movie-style trailer for his book. Link is at the link.
The journey to POD
skint writer » Blog Archive » the journey to POD
An author describes how to publish a print on demand book. Very useful and informative.
Virtual writing workshops
Some excellent posts by Paperback Writer.
Paperback Writer: VW#4 – Extending your writing range
Paperback Writer: VW#3 — Writing to concept
Paperback Writer: VW#2 – Trend tracking versus jumping
Paperback Writer: VW#1 — Building series novels
Proposals living on
Even if a proposal hasn’t been successful, it may result in the creation of a character or theme that can live on elsewhere.
Author finally finds his silver lining
Reading matters: After 28 rejections, author finally finds his silver lining
Don’t give up, is the message.
