Christine Rose

Author: Christine Rose

  • 70% of Nothing…

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    Last week I read a post called “70% of Nothing is Nothing,” and it rather got my goat. Although the article went onto talk about the importance of quality in self-published works, something I emphasize in my blog and my book, the bulk of it carried the tone of discouraging authors to self-publish based on…

  • Literary Agents (Podcast)

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    Discover what it takes to get a literary agent and what that agent can do for you. Learn just how much research agents expect from their potential clients. Also, listen to a concise pro/con list of choosing a New York Publisher. Publishing & Marketing Realities: Episode 3, Literary Agents. Read more about the book, Publishing…

  • Creating Blog Content

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    Sometimes the hardest thing about keeping a blog is finding topics on which to write, especially if you’re looking for fresh content multiple times a week. The most important thing for writers to remember when blogging is that you’re doing it to serve the reader first. This means you don’t want to make the same…

  • Amazon Joins Big Publishing

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    Big news in New York Big Boy (NYBB) publishing. Whereas up until recently they’ve been known as the “Big 6,” they are now the “Big 7.” Amazon joins the traditional publishing world in a big way, with new imprints and an aggressive move to acquire new and established, best-selling authors. They are the new player…

  • New York Big Boys (Podcast)

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    Listen to the realities of going with a New York Big Boy publisher for your book, both the pros and cons. Learn how to get a New York Publisher and how long it is likely to take. Understand royalties and advances, and see how the industry is changing. Publishing & Marketing Realities: Episode 2, New…

  • Managing Social Networks (& Still Have Time to Write)

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    Social networking is a huge time-suck, or at least it can be until you learn how to manage it. Perhaps I’m not the best person to write about this, as the allure of Twitter and Facebook is far too tempting. Many of you who follow me under @christinerose or @omgrey know just how prolific my…

  • Questionable eBook Royalties

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    And the fun keeps on coming. Thanks to Scott White, husband and manager of author Skyler White, who linked me to this post by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, I have something very important to discuss today. As I mention in my book, New York publishers are working on a century-old business model, and it’s starting to…

  • Publishing & Marketing Realities, the Podcast

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    This is the first podcast in a series named after my book Publishing & Marketing Realities for the Emerging Author. In this weekly podcast, I’ll be focusing on publishing choices and marketing realities in the current state of the industry and marketplace. We’ll be talking with other emerging authors and exploring some options for those…

  • Jane Jetsonitis

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    They year was 1981. I was a little 11-year-old girl, and I loved to watch The Jetsons, well, seemed like every day. I loved that show, perhaps a bit of my SciFi Geek coming out phosphorescently. In a world where I had to do such outrageous things as empty the dishwasher, vacuum the living room,…

  • Choosing a Publishing Path

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    There are more publishing choices available to authors now than ever before. NY. Traditional. eBook. CreateSpace. POD. Self-Publish. Vanity. Etc. This is both wonderful and rather overwhelming. For me, when there are too many choices, I have a harder time making a decision. Perhaps that’s because I have a higher chance of making the wrong…