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Tag Archives: Business
Publicity!
We’ve got a new team member around here. Daniel Braithwaite has joined us as Director of Publicity. If you’re a school principal, book reviewer, or library director, you may hear from him; if you’re a con goer at one of … Continue reading
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Advocates
A thought for you novelists out there: “In industry after industry, the driving force behind a strong core business is a far-above average percentage of… customer advocates.” — Chris Zook, Profit from the Core Or, as famous author Michaelbert Collings … Continue reading
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It’s Not a Job
One piece of wisdom I’ve heard at many writing conferences goes something like this: “Writing is a job. You have to treat it like a job to be successful.” But that’s wrong. Writing is not a job. A job means … Continue reading
What Has Happened
I’ve just finished reading Rust Hills’s book Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular. I’ve quoted him a few times, and could have quoted him more; I feel compelled to wind up my reading with the sharing of … Continue reading
Reality TV Pollutes Our Culture
This book deal just got announced: The younger sisters on E!’s hit reality show Keeping Up with The Kardashians Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner’s dystopian novel that takes place in a world none of us have ever seen and will … Continue reading
How to Get Unstuck at Work
I read a performance book over the weekend. This is not my usual fare, nor have I ever blogged on such a thing. It was a good book, though, Change Anything. And when I read a bit in a chapter … Continue reading
