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The Skinny on Author Advances

Irene Watson’s (Reader Views) post on author advances is worthy of your study.
Irene lays it out in terms easy to comprehend, exactly what the definitions are of the traditional publishing writer’s advance model, giving a look into the real story of the “myth” of the wealthy fiction writer (unless, as she suggests, your last name is King. or Rowling. or Grisham, etc).
Traditional publishing houses have less and less to spend on marketing budgets, hence the author is expected to kick in their own bucks – whether from the advance itself or from elsewhere – to pay for publicity, tours and so forth.

So the takeaway is – you will do a large part of the marketing yourself, whether you are a self-published author or are published traditionally with an advance – and, so, of course, don’t quit that day job. At least not yet.

Oh, and speaking of day jobs, I’ve always loved this quote from Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way: Continue reading

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Benediction – podcast

Jim Arnold Podcast interview about “Benediction”

ADL 1 - Version 2Awhile back, I did a podcast interview with Reader Views about the writing of “Benediction,” the motivation behind it, and also talked about other kinds of writing projects.

I hadn’t started “A Forest Dark” when I did the interview. Now I find that I’m writing the second half of that book. It’s such a slow process for me! Still, I do believe it will be done by year’s end and I can’t wait to unleash Eden, Noah and Louie. I think (and hope) you’ll enjoy these characters as they stumble through 1984 and 2009.

 

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"Benediction" finalist in 2009 Reader Views Literary Awards

I’m happy to report that Benediction is one of the three top finalists in the Gay/Lesbian category in the 2009 Reader Views Literary Awards! We find out what the ranking is next month…. can’t wait!

You can see the entire list here:

http://readerviews.com/Awards2009Finalists.html

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