Self publishing? Part two: Niches and Built In Audiences
Yesterday I talked about polymaths and the ways these mega talented individuals can get around some of the pitfalls of self publishing. Today I wanted to look at the people who are lucky enough to have a niche audience that follows their work. This works better for non fiction than it does for fiction. Non [...]
Self Publishing? Part One: Polymaths
I know, this is a bit of a sore topic for writers everywhere. Why go through the pain of writing, editing, querying, negotiating and promoting when you can just self publish and your book will be right there, ready to read within a few weeks (or hours)? I’ve helped people got through the self publishing [...]
This Is Pretty Awesome
If you are a fan of Neil Gaiman, or you just like your Christmas stories dark I think you’ll like this (from39 Degrees North) 39 Degrees North: Christmas Card 2010 from 39 Degrees North on Vimeo.
The 12 Days of Christmas In The Land Of Urban Fantasy
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me: a slow moving, hungry zombie On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me: Two nameless horrors and a slow moving hungry zombie. On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me: Three sexy vampires, two nameless [...]
Helping Hands
Hi everyone. I’m enjoying a super hot day here in New Zealand with the help of some apple cider (Mac’s if you’re wondering) and my fiance, who seems determined to do nice things for me. Things aren’t going so well for everyone though. Twitter friend and fellow writing enthusiast Wulfie needs some help. Wulfie is [...]
The Anti – Library
I don’t have any news today, beyond the fact that the cat we have temporarily adopted is cute and fuzzy. Her name is Poppy. Whenever I go to the library I usually have an idea of the sorts of books I’d like to get out. However something I’ve started doing is grabbing books literally at [...]
Yet another review, Horns by Joe Hill
I have reviewed again. I cannot be stopped. This time it was Joe Hill’s excellent novel Horns. I should warn you that the review has some mild spoilers in it, so if you want to remain unspoiled, that i not the review for you. In other news I seem to be writing every day still, [...]
Review of Geist by Philippa Ballantine
I have another review up and ready to go, this time for Philippa Ballantine’s Geist. You can hear my thoughts (as well as my Cro-Magnon alter ego Thag’s thoughts) on it here.
A review of Unholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane and an update
First off, I’ve at long last written another review (and I’ve got another one coming today). You can check out my thoughts on Stacia Kane’s Unholy Ghost here. I’d almost like to say I’ve been being slack, but I’ve actually been working my tail off writing my current work in progress. This one’s actually going [...]
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