21 March, 2012 (16:01) | Conversation, Courage, Essay, Notes from the Editor, Writing | By: Jeff Hite
I have said many times that one of my favorite things about this job is that I get to read some fantastic stories. Our slush pile at times has been bursting at the seams with with stories. Reading through them is really one of the great benefits of this job. Unfortunately, with the good comes [...]
Tags: author, authors, Beta Readers, courage, courage to do what's right, courage to do what's Write, editing, fiction, from the editor, good writing, publishing, Reading, self publishing, short story, submissions, writers, writing, writing tips
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7 March, 2012 (12:57) | -Galley Table, Conversation, Podcast | By: Jeff Hite
Content Delivery This was an all crew cast were we discussed some feed back we had received and how it related to content delivery in general and how it related to our content delivery specifically. On the Cast Zach Ricks Laura Nicole Scott Roche Jeff Hite
Tags: author, authors, community, Content Delivery, crew, fiction, nintendo, Podcast, publishing, Reading, Roku, rss feed, self publishing, Smashwords, steam, wii
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5 July, 2011 (14:24) | Conversation, Essay, Humor, Notes from the Editor, Writing | By: Jeff Hite
The Courage to Do What’s Write is a weekly post about what it takes to be a writer. By Jeff Hite The other day I read a blog post about being a full time writer and how it is not all that it is cracked up to be. It seems that some people have this [...]
Tags: author, deadlines, e-publishing, fiction, from the editor, full time writer, humor, mother-in-law, muse, potato salad, science fiction, self publishing, sex in the city, short story, writers, writing, writing tips
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7 June, 2011 (09:37) | Conversation, Fiction Tuesdays, interview, Notes from the Editor, Podcast, Writing | By: Jeff Hite
Kids Writing Each week I produce a piece that talks about a different aspect of getting words out on a page. This week I interviewed a group of kids about stories, telling stories and talked to them about getting their work published. Download the Having the Courage to Do What is Write Audio here Thanks [...]
Tags: fantasy, fiction, from the editor, good writing, humor, interview, Kids writing, nanowrimo, Podcast, publishing, Reading, rejection, role playing, science fiction, self publishing, submissions, writing tips
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29 March, 2011 (19:44) | -Galley Table, Podcast | By: Zach
In episode twenty-nine Zach talks with Mur Lafferty about her successful Kickstarter campaign, building community, “overnight” successes, and BEING MIGHTY! RAWRRR!! Guests: Zach Ricks Mur Lafferty Mentioned: Trailer: Explorers: Beyond the Horizon
Tags: community, lafferty, self publishing, writing
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16 March, 2011 (08:31) | Conversation | By: admin
The circles I travel in seem to be awash with people who are self publishing. We’re all doing it for different reasons I suppose and the approaches to getting your work done and published and getting the word out are all different as well. In this post I want to talk about the “getting it [...]
Tags: business, self publishing
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7 February, 2011 (09:40) | news | By: admin
Given the nature of Twitter streams in general, we decided that it might be a good idea to put our favorite links from the previous week in one place so that you, our lovely and talented audience, could peruse them at your leisure. Check these out and remember if you leave a comment to tell [...]
Tags: interview, publishing, self publishing, Stackpole, Wheelhouse
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6 October, 2010 (21:26) | -Galley Table, Podcast | By: admin
In episode four it’s time to tackle self publishing. Should you? What should you do about creating e-pub files? How about cover art? Can you ensure that your text is good enough? We even answered some of these questions! Guests: Zack Ricks JP Losier Timothy Ward David Sobkowiak and Laura Frechette of Scrivener’s Circle and [...]
Tags: cover art, e-pub, self publishing, Smashwords
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