More Grist for the Poor Deluded Self Publishing Gang Why your self-published book looks like a pile of ass and won’t ever make you any money: John Hartness 1) Get your shit edited 2) Learn to lay out your fucking pages 3) Get a better cover 5) WRITE BETTER http://johnhartness.com/2015/05/21/why-your-self-published-book-looks-like-a-pile-of-ass-and-wont-ever-make-you-any-money/
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Excellent advice from Chris Brecheen From his Blog Writing About Writing (And Occasionally Some Writing) 15 Terrifying Things That Will Make You A Better Writer Number 8- Acknowledge That You Do Not Possess The Golden Pen Of Dripping Honey You just aren't that awesome. Your every written word is not brilliance made manifest that sends your readers into paroxysms of ecstasy. Get over it. It's a tough lesson, but you are not that great of a writer. Really. You're not. I'm not just saying that. You might be com...
The Great American Sentence: A Contest From EasyStreetMag Send us a sentence. The first sentence of your book, or just a stand-alone, a string of words minding their own business. In fact, send up to five sentences. We’ll publish the ones we like best, and we’ll pay the winner $5 a word. Or $10 a word , if the contestant includes a link to a social media post promoting the contest. Instructions Submit up to five sentences to easysubmissions@gmail.com, by midnight EST 28 February. They must be your own work. Paste all sentences into the body of the email. Include a link to at least one of your social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, a personal blog, etc.), one that shares the contest by linking to this post . A contestant who includes such a link will be eligible for $10 a word , if she wins. A contestant who doesn’t will be eligible for $5 a word. Then wait patiently while we read the entries. Dream of that trip to Branson. AQ! (Anticipated Questions) Does t...