Tag: publishing
group name: books
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November 05, 2008 04:26 PM EST --
Self-publishing can help you get your book noticed in the marketplace and we want to help you get self-published ! We asked you to submit your ideas for your own book jackets. You were asked to pretend . . .
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June 19, 2007 03:08 PM EDT --
So I was asked to talk a bit about getting published. I've been asked about this an awful lot so it seems as good a topic as any . . . after my usual disclaimers :)
Disclaimer the First-- . . .
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March 23, 2009 04:43 PM EDT --
Join a live chat, Tuesday 3/24, to discuss cooking with your kids! Talk with other Gather moms and dads to find out why this is important to them. Questions to consider for the chat include:
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July 17, 2008 10:24 AM EDT --
Stone Garden publisher Kris Stamp was interviewed for associated content by a Stone Garden author Jenny. So when she asks what author has given him a hard time and he answers JENNY - it's . . .
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December 03, 2008 03:03 PM EST --
This is the time of year when one of my favorite holiday movies -- It’s a Wonderful Life - broadcasts regularly, reminding me, yet again, of Lego Man’s hair. Yes, you read that right: I’m talking about . . .
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December 09, 2008 12:12 PM EST --
Imagine how you would feel if you were at a lunch date with a friend and in the middle of an intensely fun and funny conversation, she took a phone call and gestured for you to keep eating. Or if she . . .
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June 25, 2009 10:32 AM EDT --
Y ou're invited to a live chat all about man's best friend - dogs !
The live chat takes place tonight from 8-9PM ET . Topics to consider in the chat include:
Do you consider yourself . . .
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October 10, 2008 09:42 AM EDT --
Printing books on demand, printing one copy at a time after they have been paid for, has been around for awhile now. You can go to a traditional bookstore and order one. But . . .
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June 18, 2007 04:40 PM EDT --
Our First Chapters Writing Competition was a tremendous success, with two Gather authors to be published in the fall. Terry Shaw, author of The Way Life Should Be, and Geoffrey Edwards, author of Fire . . .
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February 26, 2007 09:47 AM EST --
One of my favorite little observations about publishing is that often, at the same time that people are going around complaining that the business is quiet, or dead – or that they haven’t read . . .
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February 15, 2007 11:14 PM EST --
One of the most famous lines in all of fiction was the opening of Charles Dickens classic, A Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times...”
As a debut novelist, . . .
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December 16, 2008 02:31 PM EST --
Everyone, it seems, is in the kitchen baking now that the holiday season is upon us.
What a perfect opportunity to get your children involved. Baking can be such a positive experience for children if . . .
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June 06, 2007 12:33 AM EDT --
GETTING PUBLISHED: 7 Things to Remember
Hi All,
I’m an author with 2 published books and a third one coming out this summer with HarperCollins titled, WHEN PARENTS HURT: Compassionate Strategies . . .
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July 27, 2008 12:43 PM EDT --
Here's a quick piece on what to do once you've finished your book, if you want to have it published (not self-publish). I emailed this to a Gather friend who asked and thought there might be others . . .
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March 08, 2008 04:15 PM EST --
Everyone who's a reader loves that anticipatory thrill of opening a new book, settling into the corner of your overstuffed sofa, clearing one's mind, and sinking into the first line, the opening . . .
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February 12, 2007 08:39 AM EST --
Pay no attention to what you hear about how the publishing business is going to hell in the proverbial handbasket. Yes, ok, book company profits are not up, in most cases – although a few houses, . . .
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April 06, 2007 01:37 AM EDT --
Because writers are essentially people who live and die by the power of imagination, we tend to dream extravagantly, wildly, sometimes impossibly. But that’s all right. Dreams are our task masters . . .
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September 15, 2007 07:25 PM EDT --
Editing Is Your Friend
As an editor, I find many writers have either edited their work too much or too little.
The key is to edit well enough to create a great story, but not too much . . .
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May 03, 2007 07:22 AM EDT --
The jury seems conflicted on this. I put my heart and soul into my novel, carried my characters in the pockets of my brain for years. As my manuscript sits in a file, I miss them. I wrote the novel online-- . . .
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July 05, 2007 10:16 AM EDT --
In the comments posted to my last two articles, a lot of folks mentioned self-publishing in a negative light. I think it might be important to clarify a few misconceptions folks have about . . .
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