Category Archives: Writing
The New World of Publishing: The Big Hurry – A Different Look
Dean Wesley Smith has been writing an excellent series of articles titled The New World of Publishing. I highly recommend them. The only problem is that Dean knows his subject so well, that sometimes his presentation isn’t clear. I … Continue reading
Book of Honor – Urbema – First Draft – Being Published Online
Kleo and I have been working on a novel. Actually Sam and I started it before he died, and Kleo has helped me work on it since.
What Scares the Boogeyman?
Here’s something that should have horror fans shivering in their boots. John Manning is editing an anthology titled “What Scares the Boogeyman” for Perseid Publishing! Since John is a friend of mine, I prevailed upon him to send me some … Continue reading
Futurist Prediction – Publishing Thoughts
Syn·the·sis: the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity ( opposed to analysis, ) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements. The problem with most … Continue reading
Copyright Wars Volume 4 is now Published
Copyright Wars Volume 4 has now been published. It was rather fun reading the old posts, and looking at the things that have changed, and have not changed since I originally wrote the articles. Regards Wayne Borean Saturday December 3, … Continue reading
Perseid Publishing and Zauberspiegel Announce a Contest to Submit a Character for a Story in the Heroes in Hell Series
I bring Hellish Tidings! Perseid Publishing and Zauberspiegel Announce a Contest to Submit a Character for a Story in the Heroes in Hell Series! If you haven’t read Lawyers in Hell, you can buy it from Amazon.
Great Exploding Websites Batman, NaNoWriMo, and Publishing
We still don’t know all the details, but the sites are now coming back up, one but one. That’s the unexciting news. The exciting news is after the cut…
The Mice of Middleton Marsh
I’ve worked for the last week on getting The Mice of Middleton Marsh ready for publication. The Mice of Middleton Marsh is a collection of bed time stories that my wife’s mother told her children. They encouraged her to write … Continue reading
Publishing. Right. Wrong. Otherwise!
Some of what I said in the earlier posts was misunderstood. Maybe because I finished the first post, Futurist Prediction: Four years into the ebook revolution: Publishers are Lost in Space – Updated at 4:00 AM. Maybe it’s my off … Continue reading
The Economics of the Writing Business – Updated
I dropped in on Dean Wesley Smith’s blog to tell him that I’d quoted him. Dean always has something interesting and well worth reading posted. This time it was in the comments.
Dean ran the numbers for an EBook sold at $4.99, under a variety of scenarios. The problem is that Dean didn’t take it far enough. He didn’t extrapolate beyond the sale of a single book. The difference between $0.75 and $3.50 isn’t enough to get most people excited. Continue reading