From the monthly archives:

March 2008

Viral campaigns to market books

March 18, 2008

HogeTown is deflecting criticism for saying that it’s not a smart idea to have a book launch and not tell punters where and when it is. He mentions my post on author platform: Also, I’m surprised to see one launch being promoted as a mystery, where we have to keep an eye out for clues as [...]

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Agent on agents

March 17, 2008

Over at BookEnds, literary agent Jessica Faust is answering the question: If you were pitching a novel and looking for an agent, what are some agent qualities that would be absolute “musts” for you? Jessica lists a range of qualities including, among other things, honesty, strong negotiation skills and contacts. I was very happy to come [...]

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Could the iTouch be an e-book reader?

March 17, 2008

My husband loves his iPod Touch. He’s entirely smug about how much more advanced it is than my modest little 2nd generation Nano. And while the blogosphere is musing about whether Steve Jobs was just misdirecting us all when he said Apple had no plans to develop an e-book reader, the iPod Touch may well have been quietly [...]

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Jetpack envy

March 17, 2008

I adore this image. Love, love, love it. I found it via this Wordsy post. But I’m having trouble tracking down the name of the illustrator to attribute it properly. If anyone can help me track down the original source I’d appreciate it. This is the kind of lovely image I wish I could find at [...]

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It’s about story, stupid

March 12, 2008

I mean, wow. There’s a reason Booksquare is fast becoming my favourite blog. Kassia Krozser just keeps pulling out post after post of brain-bleeding insights. Every writer go read this. Now. The Book is Not the Territory.

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