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My First App 8 Apr 2011 | 10:16 pm
I have a dilemma regarding ebook publishing. I am a seasoned graphic designer/illustrator trying to break into the kidlit industry with an author/illustrator picture book. I'd just begun sending out ...
A Sail to Every Wind 6 Apr 2011 | 10:32 pm
I know that this is outside your field, and you may not be able to comment on publisher policies, but I'm dying to hear your reaction to the decision by HarperCollins to limit ebooks licensed to libra...
Mulligan! 4 Apr 2011 | 10:19 pm
Thank you for your informative blog which, you wouldn’t be able to tell from my last behavior, I have read in full. Of course, just when I should be able to follow your advice to the ‘T’, I had a bit ...
Planning For the Future, Ha Ha 2 Apr 2011 | 10:07 pm
Say an author has reached that happy place where multiple editors are interested in purchasing her debut novel. Would it be viewed as peculiar if the author wanted to interview each editor to find "th...
Sitting On Your Hands Is Never Part of Your Job 31 Mar 2011 | 10:35 pm
I submitted some work to a major U.S. publisher almost a year ago. A few months later, I received a personalized, lengthy, warm email from an editor who indicated she liked my work but that she wasn't...
The Sound of Failure Calls Her Name 29 Mar 2011 | 10:10 pm
One prevailing sentiment among writing forums is to hold off submitting until your book represents the best that it can be. But what does that mean when there is no objective standard by which to meas...
The Rough Draft Is In Swedish 28 Mar 2011 | 07:35 am
I'm an American author whose book is set in a foreign country. I've received an offer from a publisher in that country. They want to translate the book, and publish it there. This is great news, but t...
Do I Need an Agent? 12 Mar 2011 | 02:50 am
Do you have any preference with working agented or unagented authors / illustrators, or does it all depend on the actual personalities involved? It's about the personalities, and the skill sets. If y...
Open Thread 7 Mar 2011 | 06:05 am
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Big Fish, Small Pond? Or Big Fish, Wrong Pond? 6 Mar 2011 | 12:21 am
So, the last time I emailed you, I had the hype but not the trophies. Now I’ve got both. Why is it that American editors ignore writers from New Zealand who aren’t Margaret Mahy or Joy Cowley. Down un...
