and I have proof. The following video, I took. Red and white flashing lights. Can only see moving light in this poor quality video. Look a quarter of the way down the page. It moved all over the place. turns out it wasn’t just me who saw. Brother-in-laws neighbors went outside and screamed, grabbing the [...]
Neil Gaiman talks to the Open Rights Group about how the internet affects the books and publishing industry. In this four minute talk,, Neil basically says copyright infringement on his books especially in Russia increased his sales 300%, which basically means he finally learnt what indies have known for awhile now: What’s your opinion?
Kurt Vonnegut has 8 rules, or pointers. Here they are: Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for. Every character should want something, even if it is only [...]
This may be old news but: Final Dead Bells UpdateThe Dead Bells Anthology has been cancelled. Unfortunately, due to many obstacles that have dogged this project for over two years, we – Jodi Lee (editor) and Dr. Michael West (aka Doc Pus, publisher-Library of Horror Press) – have decided to release all short stories and [...]
With the changing paradigm in modern publishing, authors must become their own marketing team. by Jill Behe As with all businesses that want to succeed, a good marketing department is essential. If we, as writers, want to retire on the profits from our royalty checks, we need a great marketing plan. And, unless we find [...]
From Wilf Nussey, author of the ebook “Darts of Deceit”, which was published in December, 2011. The book had its genesis in the last of my many years as a foreign correspondent in Africa. Like a slow collapse of dominoes, the fall of dictatorship in Portugal in April, 1974, brought down its colonial rule in [...]
My new book is in editing stage from Monday, although I really want to get into it right now, I know I must wait. So I built a trailer: Make a video – it’s fun, easy and free! www.onetruemedia.com
When Lee asked me to write about how and why I write, the question struck me as a strange one. How can I not write? But I suppose that’s the kind of thing a lot of non-writers don’t get. I have these stories and characters squirming around in my brain like maggots in rotting flesh, [...]
The Comfort Zone by Lee Pletzers An Article. Irvine Thalberg, head of MGM, once said: “Writers are the most important part of the making of a motion picture”. He then added, “And we must do everything in our power to prevent them from finding out”. As with writing a novel/short/play or screenplay (script) a [...]
