Category: bidness
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A Simple Transition
I built my website with SquareSpace in 2012. I had some experience with WordPress, but it was important that I present as professional a site as possible. This was in a time when I was writing full time, nipping at the heels of traditional publishing. I’ve renewed that site ever since, making very few changes…
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Don’t Get Sloppy
I was in Fort Lauderdale last weekend, officiating Beach Brawl 2014 (and yes, I’ll write a post explaining roller derby, given the number of times it’s been requested), and I left my Flash drive in the business center of the hotel. I don’t really use it anymore. Once upon a time, Dropbox wasn’t as useful…
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Shoo! Get away, you!
Generally, I feel in a rush to be published and begin my professional career in earnest. Part of that is because I’ve been writing for so long and am a touch ashamed that I only recently started taking it so seriously. I lost a whole decade in there where I might have made something of…
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You Have a Proof, Read the Damn Thing!
Here’s a little tradecraft for you. Copyediting and Proofreading are not the same thing. Copyediting often includes proofreading, but it’s not its primary goal. It’s the icing on the cake that makes your story better. Proofreading does not include copyediting (though occasionally a proofreader will attempt to do so and it usually means a lot…
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Two Thumbs Up to Level Up
One of the perks of living/working in a major metropolitan area is that new technologies become viable in the marketplace sooner. For me, that means paying with my phone rather than cash/credit card. You might have heard of Square. It won best new technology a year or two ago. Rather than the standard credit card…
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The Bell Rings
So unless you live under a log (in which case you have a secret base and I want to come visit), you heard that the Department of Justice sued Apple and 5/6 of the Big Six today (Random House was not included). Of the five publishers, three settled to avoid the legal costs. Two, Macmillain…
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Throw Your Arms In the Air Because You Just Don’t Care
I write because I’m a writer. I pursue professional publication because that’s been a goal of mine for the past 22 years. It wasn’t always my highest priority, but it was never abandoned. And for the past two+ years, it has been my highest priority. I focus on writing not as an eventual, but as…