April 2009
AprilApr 18 Saturday 09
#queryfail > #agentfail > writers self publish
*reposted from the underground press blog
With all the current bad blood between agents and writers, and the belt tightening at publishers, the industry seems to be at a cross roads. Many writers are giving up on the quest for an agent and querying small presses …
AprilApr 16 Thursday 09
Top 100 in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards
From Amazon:
One hundred semifinalists have been selected for the next round of the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Each entry in the Top 100 has received a full manuscript review from Publishers Weekly, in addition to early customer reviews of excerpts posted …
AprilApr 10 Friday 09
Sock Puppets and Trolls
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I visited the ABNA (Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards) message boards today, just to see how things are going. The next cut will come soon (April 15). I noticed a very disturbing trend. “No” votes.
I have posted before about the turbulent nature of some of the …
AprilApr 2 Thursday 09
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards : Review of my Excerpt
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The reviews finally came out in the Amazon Breakhrough Novel Awards. Looks like I got trashed by a reviewer who thought my protagonist, Ezekiel Strong, has a “chauvinistic streak”.
Okay, Zeke is a bit snarky, a bit of a smart ass, he comes across as a Hardboiled PI …