Publishing

Self-Publishing: What Happens Next…

Today’s post is written by Florence Fois, a finalist in The First Ever Write It Sideways Blogging Contest. Pleasure to have you, Florence! You want to self-publish your book in either e-format or standard print. First you might consider the possibilities of both the traditional and the most modern methods to publish your novel. Self-publishing is

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Can You Prevent Writers from Stealing Your Stories?

Here’s another reader question from my inbox, which might interest other writers who are wondering whether or not it’s wise to post their writing online: [A]fter reading an article that suggested tweeting different parts of your story/book (which I have heard before)..I have always had an issue with that concept. My issue is how do

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Is it Okay to Post Your Writing in Critique Forums?

Here’s a question I received from a reader last week: I am a new bIogger [and] I joined up with a couple of ladies in an online writers group. My question is: Are stories posted on our writing workshop site considered published and no longer viable for submission to print or other online ezines? There’s

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Could Someone Be Plagiarizing Your Writing?

I received an interesting email a few days ago. It was from someone who had found a couple of my articles plagiarized on a self-published author’s Facebook fan page. Naturally, I was curious. Upon following the link, I did find two of my articles—one of them with a slightly different title, the other with its

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Should You Self-Publish, Then Get a Literary Agent?

Editor Alan Rinzler of The Book Deal wrote an interesting post this week: Literary agents open the door to self-published writers. Please take a few minutes to read the original article, but the gist of it is that agents are becoming increasingly willing to accept previously self-published authors as clients. In fact, some are more

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Will Literary Agents Really Read Your Query Letter?

I recently received an email from a concerned writer about a statement I’d made in one of my previous posts. This writer has allowed me to use the email for the purposes of this article. Here is an extract: I saw this on your blog and was disturbed by the implications to say the least:

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