Carnival For Book Writers 10

Welcome to the November 22, 2006 edition of carnival for book writers.

marketing non-fiction

In Marketing to Editors posted at Wordpreneur.com, we get information on what you can do to write more effective queries for magazine editors.

In The Joy of Sets posted at Passion, People and Principles, we get a discussion about a publisher's decision to turn stand alone titles into volumes in a series.

In Ten Money Questions for Bob Witeck & Wes Combs posted at Queercents, we get information on marketing to LGBT consumers in an interview with the authors of Business Inside Out: Capturing Millions of Brand Loyal Gay Consumers.

craft

In Flesh and Fangs: Risk and Ridicule in Writing posted at Wa Salaam, we get a discussion of the importance in being willing to write what will turn off some readers and that exposes something about the author.

In Is Your Journal Too Pretty? posted at Diaristocracy, we get a discussion about how perfection can stifle creativity.

In gillpolack: I am about to email an edited version of a novel posted at Even in a Little Thing, we get a discussion about how to properly use the advice to get rid of your favorite bits of writing so you don't cut out of blind fear of being self indulgent.

writer's life

In The Green Pea posted at Ask Patty, we get to see the whole process behind a book including the life choices and experiences that went into the author's novel.

In Virtual Book Tour: Jim C. Hines at the Astraldome posted at Author Chris Dolley's Page, we get an interview with the author of the fantasy novel Goblin Quest which includes the fact that the author was rejected as a student at Clarion Workshop but was later asked to be a guest instructor.

In I've Stopped Reading posted at Passion, People and Principles, we get a discussion about how the Internet and blogging can get people used to getting information in smaller pieces, making it harder to sit down and read a book.

In Jon Swift's Complete Amazon Reviews posted at Jon Swift, we get one writer's insight into Amazon reviews and whether you need to have read a book to review it.

That concludes this edition.

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