May 2011

Rice pudding.

I think what I need today is one of those peaceful, inspiring blog entries where you sit back and sip your tea and know that all is right with the world.  Unfortunately, I’m not seeing any.  I’ll probably find some if I head off into foodie blogs, but I also won’t see the next few […]

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Rachael Running

Ray’s signed up for Girls on the Run, a 5K race on May 21.  She ran a mock 5K yesterday. I went inside the school to find everyone; they were all bunched up around Ray’s classroom.  Her teacher is one of the leaders of the two groups of girls, 39 total (there were supposed to

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Indypub: Overdrive

Time to start working on how indy writers get into markets. Overdrive: This is the system that my library district (Pikes Peak Library District) uses to get books. They also feed into Ebook.com. It looks like Overdrive has two options: Content Reserve (which goes to libraries and other markets) and MIDAS, which allows you to

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Contracts blog.

An awesome blog written by (among other things) a lawyer, “The Passive Voice.” Here’s his latest, on “Don’t Sign Dumb Contracts”: With both publishers and agents, PG recommends a “minimum wage for authors” – a dollar (or Euro, etc.) amount that the author receives every six months or year for a book. If the author

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Indypub: Markets

Go to WonderlandPress.com for a coupon for “Abominable” (horror, adult) from today – Sunday. I was going to just do one of these things a week, but 1) stuff changes too fast and 2) the more I dig, the more there is to know. Okay, via Dean, a list of major ebook markets: Amazon.com Barnes

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