Around the blogosphere this week...WriteOnCon.
The seriously
brilliant initiative of some savvy KidLit authors is in its 4th year
of awesomeness. A free online conference for Kid Lit authors who can’t get to a
conference...and believe me when you are on the other side of the world, in a
small country, you salivate at the conference schedules. WriteOnCon has just
wrapped up and you can go onto the site and see some of the keynotes and
videos. I got lost today in watching the live pitch hangout, which wasn’t live
for me but had heaps of information in it. I will be dipping into all the archived sessions for the next few weeks and I confidently predict that the keynotes
will continue to be blogged about all year, like last years WriteOnCon.
While I was otherwise focused...Mike Shatzkin was pointing out Losing Bookstores is a Big Problem for Publishers. Now you might be
thinking, duh heard it all before, but Mike highlights some important points for
publishers of children’s books and books that are outside the straight fiction
narrative.
Porter Anderson covers the other top watercooler topic...The
Bowker Annual Report just out and if you want the complete report which many
publishers subscribe to, hand over $799 or take a look at the articles Porter highlights, where they break down and explain the significance of the figures. In-store awareness is slowly giving way
to increased importance of author Web sites, product placement on a
e-reader or tablet app and review and recommendations.
Who is buying what, and this may surprise you, men bought
more hardback format last year. Porter gives a comprehensive run down on all
the discussions happening as a result of the report.
Kristine Rusch, as usual, delivers a comprehensive article
on the publishing industry now. This week she looks at markers of success for writers. Kris has a wealth of experience and lays it out for writers...and then
she talks about Indie publishing and how success markers here may be quite
different.
Passive Guy has a great article on protecting your film rights and Victoria Mixon on 21 things writers know that non writers don’t.
Elisabeth S Craig has been writing about her journey to
hybrid author and she shares some home truths about juggling the two strands ofher career.
In Craft,
Killzone on how to write a novel readers won’t put down.
The Bookshelf Muse on writing an authentic fight scene. (My
Dad commented a couple of days ago to me about a fight scene written by a women
that was really bad. ‘Men don’t stop and analyse what the next punch will be...’)
10 tips from Billy Wilder on how to write a good
screenplay...useful for novels.
In Marketing,
What literary agents want to see when they Google your name
and they do Google it.
Passive Guy links to 5 successful marketing strategies.
To Finish,
Chuck has a guest post on his blog. 25 steps to being a traditionally published author –lazy bastard edition. You will laugh... you
will wince... Yes, other people write in Chucks style...be warned and
entertained.
I'm off to drop back into WriteOnCon...
maureen
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