Let’s say you are thinking about writing a book of nonfiction and want to have it published by a major publisher. The first thing you need to do is assume that every single person in the entire world wants to write a book (which isn’t really an assumption, it’s basically true). The second thing you […]
Nonfiction
What Platform Means for Writers
Thanks so much to the organizers, faculty, and attendees of the Central Coast Writers Conference for a fantastic weekend! It was such a great opportunity to meet with eager and enthusiastic writers (including a group of wildly intelligent and talented teen writers). I spoke about why I’m optimistic about the future of books despite the […]
This Week in Publishing 7/16/10
This week in double rainbows I mean publishing… Stephen Parrish pointed me to a NY Times survey of the world of book trailers, those magical creatures that use video to convince us we should read books. While only 0.1% of everyone out there decided to purchase a book via a book trailer, the kids these […]
This Week in Publishing 3/13/09
Lots of links this week, and they don’t all fit neatly into the theme of Negativity Week, so in lieu of an actual theme to the news I will instead be saying “Bah!” at the end of every paragraph regardless of my feeling about the news I’ve just relayed. Consider it negativity, old man style. […]
This Week in Publishing 1/9/09
There is a huge amount of news this week, and TWIP is bursting at the seams! Better get started. First off, very sad news: long time reader Travis Erwin’s house recently burned down, and Erica Orloff and Stephen Parrish have pitched in to create a website where you can donate virtual bricks to help him […]
What’s Your Favorite Book Based On a True Story?
I had nearly finished reading Jon Krakauer’s INTO THIN AIR on the way to work this morning and I had to resist walking down the street with my nose in the book. This proved to be a wise choice when I was nearly plowed over in a crosswalk by an SUV inattentively making a right […]
