Jacke Wilson

October 29, 2013

Independent Publishing: What Would Marcel Proust Do?

This is an easy one: we know what Proust would do, because he did it: Still, for all the brouhaha, many modern readers still find themselves in agreement with the two French publishers who turned down Proust’s manuscript [Swann’s Way] in 1912. A third agreed to publish it, provided that Proust himself cover the expenses. I Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing

André Aciman, French language, In Search of Lost Time, Literary fiction, Marcel Proust, Proust, Self-Publishing, Shakespeare, Swann, Writer, Writing

October 28, 2013

Embrace Your Inner Homer (and Publish Your Book!)

Okay, before we begin, please watch this video. It’s by far the best use of 24 seconds you’ll spend today: What does this have to do with self-publishing? Well, I could point to the dignity of the little robot with his little tennis racket arm, and the moving way he pulls himself down the road Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, Publishing, Writing

Arts, Greek, Homer, Robot, Self-Publishing, Simpsons

October 27, 2013

Free Fiction Weekend: The Race by Jacke Wilson

His wife once called him “a fifth-rate husband, a shoddy human being, and a washed-up Judas.” Now he’s running again. And he needs her support. Readers! A free excerpt of The Race: A Novella by Jacke Wilson is below. Want to read the whole thing? Like free stuff? I also have some free review copies available. I’m happy Continue reading

Fiction, Novellas, The Race, Writing

Big Boy, Business, Fiction, Italy, Jacke Wilson, New York Times, Politics, Saturday Night Live, Sunday, The Race, Wisconsin

October 26, 2013

Self-Publishing Update: Moving Up the Ladder of Success

Now that The Race: A Novella has been available for sale for a little over a week, it’s time to check in on our Levels of Financial Success for Writers. As you may recall, the last time we did an update I was still absorbing the blow of shelling out 250 bucks for a block Continue reading

Authors, Novellas, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing

October 25, 2013

What They Knew #11

The unexamined life is not worth living. –Socrates …and examining your life makes you want to kill yourself. –Saul Bellow Continue reading

Authors, What They Knew, Writing

Ancient Greek philosophy, Saul Bellow, Socrates

October 24, 2013

Self-Publishing Literary Fiction – A Ray of Hope

Oh, it’s hard times for literary fiction in general, I know. (People don’t read it any more!) And for indie publishers, there is the stigma. (Who do you think you are? You need to have someone else decide whether your book should be available to readers…) But there’s hope! As David Gaughran, guru of marketing Continue reading

Authors, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing

Amazon, Amazon.com, Arts, Author, David Gaughran, Fiction, Historical fiction, Literary fiction

October 23, 2013

Self-Publishing: How To Get It Done!

Readers! I’m pleased to announce I’ve joined the ranks of writers who have managed to complete all the steps to make one of their books available to the world. And with actual sales! Hooray! But this is not about me. It’s about YOU. You may be sitting there, as I was, wondering how in the Continue reading

Authors, Publishing, Writing

Book, EPUB, International Standard Book Number, Joanna Penn, Self-Publishing, Writers Resources

October 23, 2013

The Case for CodeX

Ed Finn and Joey Eschrich argue for the need to replace the word “ebook”: We need to embrace digital reading as its own medium, not just a book under glass. That means imagining a new language for reading as an experience, starting with a new word to use instead of book. Their solution comes from Continue reading

Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing

Business, Codex, E-book, Ed Finn, Joey Eschrich, Neologism, Publishing, reading

October 22, 2013

Movellas: An Update

Since the primary distinguishing characteristic of a novella is length, it occurs to me that our quest for the greatest novella-like movie may need to consider runtime as one of its qualities. I will somewhat arbitrarily say it needs to be longer than 60 minutes (to distinguish it from television episodes). Ninety minutes feels like Continue reading

Novellas

Film, John Huston, novella, Purple Rose of Cairo, Woody Allen, Zelig

October 21, 2013

Self-Publishing Update: Rocking Digital Marketing

Another great podcast from Simon over at Rocking Self Publishing. This time it’s an interview with Kevin Leigh, indie author of Gollup the Woods, Twin Power, a book for young adults based on stories his father used to tell the family about Ireland. In his real life Kevin handles digital marketing for a chain of Continue reading

Authors, Publishing, Writing

Author, digitalmarketing, Google, Ireland, Mailchimp, Marketing, Outlook, Podcast