In the Behind the Curtain series, we've discussed writing your manuscript, pitching it, and getting accepted. What happens next? This is the part where things start getting really mysterious. Even…
It would seem that Barnes & Noble has gone up for sale. This is going to be interesting to watch. Personally, I have a feeling the sale is going to…
Big, exciting happenings in the Candlemark & Gleam world! We've just acquired a new manuscript - Broken, by Susan J. Bigelow. It couldn't have a more appropriate title. Broken is…
Thus far in the Behind the Curtain series, we've talked about writing your manuscript, prepping your pitch, and where your pitch goes once you've mailed it out. Now it's time…
The rise of the author-entrepreneur is a trend I've been following closely. Not only does it have an immediate bearing on the industry as a whole, but it has a…
The fair pricing debate is cropping up again. According to the author of that post, e-books should be priced very low indeed, at 99c to $2.99, because the overhead is…
Before we move on to the next full installment of Behind the Curtain, I thought I'd do a little prep work. You see, the next section is about acceptance and…
According to Martin Amis, awards only go to boring books. You know, he's on to something here. I can't remember the last time I actually enjoyed a book that won…
In reading through the open letter on piracy I linked in my last post, I came across yet another reference to Richard Nash and Cursor, in which he's cited as…
Speaking of piracy, I was just clued in to this great open letter to Scott Turow of the Author's Guild, by Brian O'Leary. It says everything we've been trying to…
