Sue Collier | August 15, 2011
Here’s some of what’s happening in publishing right now: From The Domino Project: Are you feeling lucky? One of the biggest distinctions between old publishing and new is the nature of luck. From The Savvy Book Marketer: The Media is Paying Attention to Self-Published Authors I came to self-publishing by accident. I wrote a novel, [...]
Sue Collier | January 19, 2011
No one cares about it as much as you do. You’ve got to love it, and nurture it, and raise it to outstanding adulthood.
Sue Collier | June 30, 2010
So I read a post on self-publishing over a Kidlit today. I’ve commented there, but I couldn’t resist more pontificating. I’ll start by saying that I am not the average person who has no idea what lurks in slush. I spent many years in the trade, going through those very awful slush piles that blogger [...]
Sue Collier | June 7, 2010
(Cross-posted at the Writer’s Digest website.) What message do you find yourself repeating over and over to writers? Sue: The difference between true self-publishing and the so-called “self-publishing companies”—and why that difference is so important for authors to understand. Marilyn: Marketing. Marketing. Marketing. It’s mandatory in today’s publishing environment to be proactive and get behind [...]
Sue Collier | June 19, 2009
After a few false starts, I have finally settled on a “home” for my new blog. Here, I hope to provide valuable information on all things self-publishing–from manuscript writing and editing to book packaging to promoting and marketing. I’ll also be talking about the progress I am making on the book I am co-authoring with [...]
