Liana Brooks – Page 28 – A Universe Of Possibility

Mondays In Publishing – Setting Goals for Publication – What You Can Control & What You Can’t

It’s that time of year again! You know, the season of setting goals, making resolutions, and generally convincing yourself that this year will be different through the sheer force of your holiday-fueled determination. Everyone finds it easy to make goals when there’s a ton of enthusiasm and peer support for…

Mondays In Publishing: A Glossary of Publishing Terms

Author, novelist, writer… What’s the difference? Spelling, for the most part. I’ve never found a satisfactory definition to differentiate, although I tend to think of writers as non-fiction news people (a bias left over from my newspaper days). The real difference is between an Author and a Published/Contracted Author. When…

Writer Craft Wednesday – Deadlines and What To Do With A Very Long Book

I often say I’m a slow writer. My editor disagrees. It’s not that I write slowly, it’s that I write long. Really, really, REALLY long. In romance it isn’t uncommon to see a novel that’s 40,000 – 60,000 words long, especially over on the indie ebook side. Romance readers are…

Mondays In Publishing – Genre

GENRE It’s a scary word for some people. I’ve met people who will argue genre until they are blue in the face. I have met people who think genre is a form of gate-keeping. I have met people who think genre is a waste of time. I have never met…