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Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing: Self Promotion
The myth simply is: “All self promotion for a writer is good.” Nope. Completely false. The truth is sometimes self promotion of your own book can hurt you, sometimes it can help you. The key is not falling for the myth that all self promotion is good. Right now, in late 2009, the publishing industry is changing so fast that it is often hard to keep up for a writer with his head buried in writing the next book. Things are changing month to month, and the major publishers in New York and around the world are struggling to even stay a year or two behind. Where exactly is all…
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Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing: Workshops
I believe writers’ workshops, when used correctly, are a good tool for a writer to use. When used for the wrong reason, they are destructive beyond all measure. And there are so many myths built up around writers’ workshops that this might take a few chapters. In this chapter, I will focus on the top myths about writers’ workshops and also get into how to use a workshop correctly. Big Workshop Myth #1. A WORKSHOP WILL HELP YOU FIX A MANUSCRIPT. Of course, that’s total hogwash, but many writers go into a workshop thinking just that. Workshops, in the form that we know them today, have been around since the…