by Andy Updegrove | Jul 4, 2014 | SelfPublishing, Writing
If you were to count up all of the earnest articles, blog entries, and even Colbert Report routines that have been dedicated to the Amazon vs. Hatchette dispute, well, you wouldn’t have an accurate number, because more would have been written while you were...
by Andy Updegrove | Jul 1, 2014 | My Writing, SelfPublishing, Writing
When you’re really on your writing game, the words flow effortlessly from your mind’s eye to your fingers. But at other times, and especially if you’re working in a plot-driven genre, presenting the next developments in your narrative may be laborious and...
by Andy Updegrove | Jun 29, 2014 | My Writing, Writing
Most fiction authors, I expect, start in the beginning of the story and write their way straight through the plot until they reach the conclusion, and certainly that seems to be the most logical way to go about the enterprise. But what if that just isn’t working...
by Andy Updegrove | Jun 10, 2014 | SelfPublishing
Unless you’ve been taking a holiday from the news for the past month, you are already aware that Amazon is in the midst of a very nasty negotiation with Hatchette, one of the “Big Five” U.S. publishers. Together, as a result of a decades-long series of acquisitions,...
by Andy Updegrove | May 30, 2014 | Book Reviews, SelfPublishing
I’d like to share some recent reviews, say thanks to those that wrote them, and also share with other authors the observation that if you aren’t active at Goodreads yet, you might wish to give it a try. It can be a great way to get to know other avid...
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