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To Be-ware or not To Be-ware: Large Publisher, Small Press
This week seems to be the week to blog about small presses, and seeing so many posts brought something to my mind. I’ve always considered Pelican Book Group to be a small press—as I’m sure most people do—but what exactly makes a small press a small press? Is it the size of its catalogue, number of employees, the benefits and drawbacks of being published by said press, or is it strictly the annual revenue generated (and is any of that good or bad)? As I pondered these things, I decided to do a comparison of what large publishers do and what this small press (Pelican Book Group) does.
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
I didn't start out to write about this subject, but sometimes authors (published and unpublished) need to edit their...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
The word characterization is tossed around quite a bit in a writer’s world, but what does it really mean?...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
Have you ever known someone who has an annoying habit? Every time they do what they do, it drives you up the wall?...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
It’s the little things that make my eye twitch when I run across them in a published book. These are mistake such as...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
A myth exists that an author toils alone when he is taking words and forming them into sentences that make paragraphs,...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
Too much information, what does that mean? Can an author have too much information about his characters, his story...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
Lately, when reading, italicized internal monologue jumps right out at me. Literally. The words jar me, and I’m sure...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
This is the time of the year when most individuals sit down to write out their goals, or their resolutions for the...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
Christmas is around the corner. After Christmas is the time when I stock up on books on my three favorite subjects:...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
Great beginnings are not written by accident. Authors give much thought before crafting that all-important first...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
Self-editing for plot holes might be the most difficult task an author undertakes. Why? Because in an author’s mind,...