by Mary Winter | Feb 2, 2019 | Writing Business
I’ve got a file on my desktop that contains a wish list of dates and things that authors need to track when it comes to writing a book. From the first draft to edits done, to cover requested, to even when the book comes out of KDP Select, all those dates and...
by Mary Winter | Jan 24, 2019 | Writing Business
In the entrepreneur world there are two concepts–minimally viable product and quick to market–which I see being touted as the next big thing for publishing. Both of which are spun from the “Move Fast, Break Things” school of thought from...
by Mary Winter | Dec 27, 2018 | Writing Business, Writing Craft
Ursula K. Le Guin was, and remains to this day, a luminary in the speculative fiction genre. Her work was transformative, ground breaking, and her wisdom contains much that authors today can learn from. When I saw this article in my Pocket feed this afternoon, it...
by Mary Winter | Dec 15, 2018 | Personal Writing Life, Writing Business
I bet you haven’t heard anyone put “spreadsheets” and “sanity” in the same sentence before. They’re two words that often aren’t put together. And yet, this writer, uses spreadsheets to bring her sanity. You’ve probably...
by Mary Winter | Dec 8, 2018 | Writing Business
I got in trouble online the other day for pointing out red flags on a publisher’s website. Apparently, as an author who has been published for 16 years this week, and who has worked with 10+ publishers (and been burned by a few of them), it’s not...
by Mary Winter | Nov 17, 2018 | Writing Business
The publishing world has changed since I started querying publishers back in 1994. Without the internet scams and bad actors flourished. Then, in 1998 Writer Beware was born. (https://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/about/) Though now a part of...