• Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing,  On Writing,  publishing

    Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Publishing: #7… To Sell You Must Write What Is Hot

    Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Publishing will be out later this winter with an introduction. And then it will be followed by a book called Killing the Top Ten Sacred Cows of Indie Publishing. But first I wanted to put each myth or “Sacred Cow” up here again as I promised. The Myth: “To sell either to editors or readers, you must write what is hot.” This myth stops thousands and thousands of book sales and destroys careers. And it’s just stupid, even though the myth seems to have a logical base in publishing. This myth spouts like a bad cold out of the mouths of top professionals…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  Writing in Public

    Writing in Public: Month 3 Summary: October 2013

    Month #3 Summary of this Writing in Public challenge. October, 2013 I’m stunned that this third month is already done, to be honest. And I’m stunned that it was my best month by a little bit. It sure didn’t feel that way. Strange. I have those word counts below. And as I have said every month, even though I knew I was going to give a general summary of the day here every day, it changed my behavior not at all. Not at all. And as a couple of you asked, I do exercise, just not in huge blocks of time. My bad knees won’t allow that until I drop this…