Christine Rose

Author: Christine Rose

  • Are You Rich?

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    Often times at our events, I get asked this same question (usually by tweens) when they find out I’m an author. They ask, “Are you rich?” I have to really, really try not to laugh at that question. Really. Really. Try. Sure, it’s the kids who actually ask, but I don’t doubt that many, many…

  • Stay True to Your Reader or Sell Out?

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    In the writing business, we often get conflicting advice from our readers, other writers, and industry professionals like agents and editors. Agents advise us to write what’s in our hearts, but they can only sell what the editors want. The editors want more of what is already selling, limiting their risk in this fast-changing business.…

  • Mandatory Returns & Kindle

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    Back in November 2008, we had a great book signing (one of our first ever) at the Borders in Collin Creek Mall (Plano, TX). We sold 13 books! Whereas most authors sell an average of 1-5 books, 13 is pretty great! Over the holidays last month, I found myself back at Collin Creek Mall for…

  • Amazon & the Future of Publishing

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    This issue keeps popping up on my radar. Even on Twitter, and through the recent #140 character conference, the question remains on what will happen to big publishing if they don’t change. At BEA in 2009, it was noted that big publishers are in greater financial dire straights than the little indie publisher. The NY…

  • I’m A Writer.

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    “I’m A Writer.” Guest essay by Maxwell Cynn to appear in the Author Essay section my forthcoming book Publishing and Marketing Realities for the Emerging Author. —-{—-{@ “I’m a writer.” A lot of people say that. But I don’t write to make a living, I live to write. It’s like eating, sleeping, or sex. Being…

  • eReading Trends

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    Very interesting, but not surprising. The ABCs of E-Reading Snippet: “A study of 1,200 e-reader owners by Marketing and Research Resources Inc. found that 40% said they now read more than they did with print books. Of those surveyed, 58% said they read about the same as before while 2% said they read less than…

  • Expect Superman: Working the SFF Cons

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    You’ve just gotten your first speculative fiction work published, and now you need to get it out there to potential readers. Whether you are self-published, published by an independent press, or published in New York, marketing your book is up to you. Since you are a writer of speculative fiction (SciFi/Fantasy, or SFF), you have…

  • Careful, You’ll End Up in my Novel

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    Writers write what they know. Even if your story is set in a fictional, futuristic dystopian society, the characters’ behaviors and traits reflect what the writer knows. What the writer has experienced or witnessed. This past Christmas, my mother gifted me with a tea towel that reads “Careful, You’ll End Up In My Novel,” and…

  • What Joss Whedon Taught Me About Storytelling

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    In 2009, Colleen Lindsay wrote a blog about what Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse could teach novelists about hooking readers. Good article. Really true, too. The art of storytelling has changed over the years. Our attention spans, as a collective audience, have shortened. Colleen’s post is mostly about how Dollhouse took a few episodes (like seven, according…

  • Top 10 Twitter Resources

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    Since I’ve discovered Twitter, my eyes have become even more sunken from staring at the computer screen. Because, even when I’m not in my home office working online, I’m Tweeting from a car while stopped at a traffic light or Tweeting in the middle of a conversation. I Tweet while I watch TV. One of…