Re-model 4 Life: Carnival For Book Writers 11

Welcome to the December 23, 2006 edition of carnival for book writers.

craft

In Are You Writing A Book Based on Your Life? Tips from an Author posted at Dragon Slayer, we get tips and thoughts for those writing autobiographical pieces.

marketing

In Censoring The Critics posted at Self Publishing Blog, we get a discussion of how to get a book reviewed and generate buzz if the regular book critics won't look at it.

marketing non-fiction

In the voltage gate: National College Media Convention Wrap-up posted at The Voltage Gate, we get information from the convention including ideas for how to turn a magazine feature into a book.

the writers life

In NaNoWriMo: The Path to Enlightenment? posted at Dragon Slayer, we learn how writing her live autobiography is changing one woman's life.

In BusinessWeek Editor speaks! posted at Passion, People and Principles, we hear from John Byrne, who in a special Business Masterclass guest interview, shares the lessons of his personal career trajectory from writer to magazine editor.

In Tip for Aspiring Writers #249 posted at Rickety Contrivances of Doing Good, we get a post that begins with a request: If you're an aspiring writer, please don't send your unpublished manuscript to Local Published Author. LPA will almost certainly have neither the time nor the inclination to read it. There are much better ways to get feedback, like classes and community critique groups.

In "What You Know" Leading To "Who You Know" posted at James, we get a lesson in not assuming that your internal critic is a qualified critic.

In How to deal with information overload, posted at Paul, we get some advice for people who are drowning in data.

That concludes this edition.

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