Juvenilia

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It may be trite to say that information technology has changed the way writers write, but it’s also a truth that I don’t think any of us have completely grasped yet. As an “independent author” (read: self-published author), computers and the Internet have helped to level the playing field just a bit as I compete [...]

I’ve mentioned before that Juvenilia won’t take the form of a traditional novel. Instead, it will be a combination of a novel written by me and a set of short stories and poems written by Mark and Rosemary. I want to make sure that the reader knows whether the new chapter/section that he or she [...]

I read an interesting article the other day by John Scalzi titled “Why New Novelists Are Kinda Old, or, Hey, Publishing Is Slow.” Scalzi walks his readers through the five stages of the writing and publishing process and explains how, when taken together, those stages mean that an author must wait a very long time [...]

RJ Keller had a post at Publishing Renaissance today in which she described how offering her work for free has helped her expand her reading audience (which, in turn, will lead to more sales of her novel). Offering creative work (or any product) for free is a legitimate business strategy, especially for people who are [...]