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Many people have the desire to write about things they love, whether it is fiction or non-fiction writing. Everyone has a story to tell but rarely people decide to publish the writing they have produced. It is not as difficult as some people may think to publish a book that you’ve written with your own…
Category Archives: Publishing
REVIEW ON BOVINE MASTITIS
Mastitis – is basically an inflammation of the mammary gland i.e. the udder and teats . It can affect any herd, from the most organised, to the least, at any time; all herds are therefore potentially susceptible Clinical Mastitis — visible signs of mastitis which include: � Mild signs flakes or clots in the milk,…
Vampire chronicles
Have you ever read Ann Rice’s books. Her masterpiece was the vampire chronicles, interview with the vampire. About a vampire, names lesta, walk among the human beings, and tells his history on becoming a vampire. The story based on flashback memories of this vampire, back to his original being. His hometown, his background, and his…
How To Play the Game
For those who want some publishing etiquette to get their book into the big time, it’s time to start preparing. Getting a book published by a certain company is an extremely competitive market, with very little room for new books. Finding the right publisher, and setting the terms straight, will ensure that the wait to…
Unpublished Writers Get Their Chance
The Sobol Award is a new literary prize but only writers who are both unpublished and who do not have an agent can try to get it. The winner will recieve $100,000 and for second and third place, they will recieve $25,000 and $10,000 while 7 others will recieve $1,000 each. Participants must enter through…
Top Five Publishers Make $4.8 Billion
The five largest US publishers (aka the “Big Five” — Random House, HarperCollins, Penguin Group, Simon & Schuster and Time Warner Trade Books) raked in $4.8 billion in revenue in 2004. Random House, of course, was the country’s largest publisher last year, with U.S. sales of about $1.33 billion, roughly flat with 2003. HarperCollins and…
Grammar for the Rest of You
I’ll have to admit I’m a bit of a grammar geek. I usually refer to myself as a word nerd. I’m a professional editor as well as being a writer, so words, and the correct usage of words, are my business. Because I’m more than a little obsessed with all things wordy, I can’t resist…
Getting Published, part 2
It’s been a few weeks since I sent out my first queries to literary agents. So far, no bites — just a few rejections. Luckily, I’m immune to rejections. (I’ve been a freelance writer for a few years, so I’m used to them.) Also, I’m thankful they’ve all been good non-form-letter rejections — each responded…
Getting Published Takes Time
When I say getting published takes time I don’t mean the process of creating the books or even writing the book. I am talking about just getting someone to accept the novel. After you have spent months and even years writing a book you can spend even more time shopping it around to different publishers….
Getting Help With Illustration
A large majority of books needs to be illustrated, be it just the front cover, children’s books or cook books. Even if your doing self-publishing, if you can’t draw a stick figure then you need to find someone who can illustrate your novel. Here are a few places that you can begin at. Illustration Web…