Last week when it was February and I was still thinking it
was early February... (which caused me to miss an important birthday and
completely screw up my calendar,) I mentioned a scandal that was just beginning
to be noticed about Scammers stealing writer credentials and money laundering
through Amazon. So now that this is becoming more widely known is anyone going to do anything about it....
Romance authors are spitting tacks about the pathetic
royalties being offered by Amazon Audible Romance Subscription- think Kindle
Unlimited but for Audio. They promised only good times ahead for authors who
wanted to offer Audio books. The first Royalty payment is in... and it is shocking! Not only that but it is split with the Narrator and tied up for seven
years. There is gold in them thar audiobooks...
I love my Book Cover Designer... They are truly important in
the visibility of your book, regardless of which way you publish. So Terry Goodkind (famous SFF writer) really caused shock when he came out to diss his latest novel cover. Things got out of hand... Unless you are Indie publishing then you
have little to no say over what the publisher chooses for the cover. If you
have a problem take it up with the publisher.... Lets play Good and Kind out
there people!
It has been two years since Harper Lee’s death and the feelings
of disquiet felt amongst the author community at how her estate was being
handled. So this week when a court ordered that the will be made public there was considerable interest. As one commenter noted... the person who drew up the
will benefits from the will... is that legal? Warnings to all writers out
there... Know what you want to do with your literary estate!
From time to time I post articles about what is happening in
the educational publishing landscape. They are the last bastions of the $150
cheap print textbook. McGraw Hill has plans... big plans... and it just might
be that the last barricade will be over run by cheering students.
Teachers in Canada are not cheering... They are taking the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency to court in a bitter battle about what isfair use... demanding repayment of tariffs. This is a case to keep an eye on.
The lovely Ursula K Le Guin died last month and many people
have been digging into her work and mourning the loss. Karen Fowler wrote about
the ten writing lessons she learned from Ursula...
In The Writing Craft Section,
2 great posts from Bridget. Villain motivations- make it
real- and Foreshadowing examples- Now Novel- Bookmark Both!
2 Bookmark worthy posts from Anne R Allen 9 secrets to supercharge your fiction- and Plot holes and pot holes- Bookmark BOTH!
What can you do about limiting your bad writing days...Robin
Lovett has the answer.
Showing vs Telling from the fabulous Jami Gold- Bookmark
In The Book Marketing Section,
Are you ready for video? Help for the author.
Formatting using MS Word Styles- Joel Friedlander- Bookmark
Sell more books overseas- Bookbub
4 affordable ways to master Book Marketing- Jane Friedman-
Bookmark
To Finish,
Who writes to music? Film scores are the go to for lots of
writers but have you ever consciously listened to pop songs about writing...
hmmm
Lit Hub dug up a list of 11 and I was surprised... among the list
was Devo’s Whip It...
March Madness starts now!
Maureen
@craicer
