I shall open this post with Kris Rusch analysis of the publishing world in her excellent post about Scarcity and Abundance. I think there is abundance indeed, which is good for readers, but can be very frustrating for writers. A Goodreads author “retires” from the marketplace after four books on KDP, burned out by his [...]
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Writer Wednesday
Posted by Barb on March 21, 2012
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/writer-wednesday-7/
Writer Wednesday
Kris Rusch spoke of the sneaky growth (very sneaky in my case, but I’m not despairing yet! ) and Dean Wesley Smith of the reasons for a Trade Paper Edition, for which personally I don’t see a reason yet. Yes, I’m still with Lulu (since 2009) and sold 3 books (one print and 2 PDF [...]
Posted by Barb on February 22, 2012
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/writer-wednesday-3/
Writer Wednesday
Smashwords has been down most of yesterday and KDP isn’t that fast in making books public, but finally before dinner I was able to upload also on Smashwords. Except they were backlogged, so I didn’t manage to see the titles go live before going to bed. I might have to update with the links today, [...]
Posted by Barb on February 15, 2012
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/writer-wednesday-2/
Like a yo-yo
They say women have mood swings. I don’t know if it’s because I’m a woman or because I’m depressed, but those swings lately are getting worse. As soon as I get up again, another thing hits me. Sigh. I guess that’s life in these hard times of financial distress and whatnot, but it’s wearying me [...]
Posted by Barb on December 8, 2011
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/like-a-yo-yo/
Linky Saturday
OK, a few links for your weekend. David Gaughran on incorporating historical figures into a narrative with a very good example from his own book. He’s also a guest at Joe Konrath’s blog with his own experience. Dean Wesley Smith links to Penguin’s decision to moving to POD and Joe Konrath acts as Writers Beware [...]
Posted by Barb on November 19, 2011
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/linky-saturday-7/
other Amazon mishaps
After reading about the theft of 3 books by Ruth Ann Nordin on Self Published Authors Lounge, I thought I’d do a search for my name on Amazon, even if I have a Google alert on both my name and my books. And here are the results. My jaw dropped. A couple even ended on [...]
Posted by Barb on June 30, 2011
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/other-amazon-mishaps/
Bad news…
On the David Farland Writers Forum I learned of the “demise” of Realms of Fantasy. Here is the link to the article by the publisher about the closure of the magazine. I was never a subscriber of the mag, but I have 4 issues (1994, from my very first trip to the US, 1997, found [...]
Posted by Barb on October 26, 2010
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/bad-news/
Improvising
Gee, I’ve become a sloth! I usually schedule all the week’s posts during the weekend… but I’m writing this on Wednesday afternoon for Thursday morning! But then whatever I wanted to say had to be postponed. I meant to announce it on Tuesday, but technical problems made me wait, so I put the Story Carnival [...]
Posted by Barb on October 21, 2010
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/improvising-4/
My name is Barb, and I'm a writer, sometimes an artist, mostly a world-creator and storyteller of fantasy worlds. I have more than one pen-name and write in more than one genre.
I blog about life, the universe... OK, you can guess I'm a writer, but not Douglas Adams, so I'll leave the Hitchhiker's Guide aside. And no, I'm not going to spam you by only rambling about my books - if you're interested, just go to the dedicated pages, thank you.
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