Links of Interest

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: The myth that you have to know someone to be published.

http://www.sfwa.org/2009/09/victoria-strauss-writers-myth-you-have-to-know-someone/

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: Money and authors

http://editorunleashed.com/2009/09/10/smart-money-answers-for-writers/

STEAMPUNK DEFINED: One of the hottest subgenres around right now.

http://theclockworkcentury.com/?p=302

PLOTS: When back story is a bad thing.

http://www.genreality.net/a-new-pet-peeve

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: An overview of the state of big publishing from a survey by “Publishers Weekly.”

http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Reviews-Essays/Redactor-Agonistes/ba-p/1367

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: One of the people behind the failed epublisher Quartet talks about the digital publishing model.

http://booksquare.com/digital-publishing-looking-at-the-business-model/

BUSINESS OF PUBLISHING: Some of the dangers of self-publishing to an author’s career.

http://pimpmynovel.blogspot.com/2009/09/self-publishing-ii-attack-of-pod-people.html

MARKETS: Galaxy Express blogs on print markets for science fiction romance. This is part one. Check the site for part 2.

http://www.thegalaxyexpress.net/2009/09/where-to-submit-science-fiction-romance.html

FIGURING OUT YOUR STRENGTHS AS A WRITER:

http://www.genreality.net/back-to-basics

PROMOTION: What kinds of marketing campaigns work. No direct link to the article. Look for the September 14th blog.

http://www.chipmacgregor.com/