Recent content by rokket

Hullo, AmateisGal. I just bought and started your book, Nebraska POW Camps. Really nice work. I understand your opening note about chronology and such...as in "how do you tell the story with so many places to start and parallels and POVs, and heaps of general info and little nuggets of...

Wow, congrats! That is great news, both the agent and the non fiction book. Accomplishments most definitely. You should be very pleased and proud! I hope the new job is good, and that health is all squared away. Your sample at Amazon reads well, I hope it takes off. Very interesting subject!

Really well done, looks very professional. Definitely consider seling them

Hey, congrats! I've always like the tastes of that mag, maybe I'll HAVE to get a subscription now! That's still good news on the novels and agent requests. And look at you, working on your FIFTH. Keep going.

any updates form anyone?

Amateisgal - forgot to say the other day, your office looks great, esp like the Reading Corner. Kristi - interesting shows and interesting mix. Good stuff. Time definitely to go for your own original material.

I have over-analyzed and broken down many books and movies. There's so much info, and so many layers, your head can spin. But using Occham's Razor (the simplest explanation is usually right), the bottom line is the same. It's either fun or not. ("Fun" encompassing emotional roller coaster and...

I like it and agree! "said" can be used without dying, and certainly being too cutesy with alt descriptions is bad, but those samples read very easy and natural and work on a couple levels. Nice work, C

I'm pretty sure real products/place names are OK to use under "fair use". Maybe saying bad things about current products could be unwise, but then, it could also be considered an opinion and not libel. This is a handy site, by a writer/lawyer, though even his disclaimer says it's general...

sounds like solid plan actually, Undertow

Lovely cover Jack, really nice, I think it wil be effective. Love it! Sorry about your tech troubles. Very frustrating for both sides. Colour - you need to work in CMYK, and Illustrator - see if you can make a PDF/X1a (print standard PDF sub format), should be an easy tick box. But hopefully...

Interesting link, Dog...love that opening: :how to you judge books when they are so subjective?" (I have a few ideas..) Thanks for the PubiT! link, too, AmateisGal. So many companies, like Lulu, Cafe Press (not books but same principle), etc., are trying to get folks excited about selling -...

Jack, I think you are right on target, doing both, and both well. I LOVE this cocktail idea, btw. You can also do online sales with Paypal, get on some more forums and talk it up. (A domain name for a website is like $15 or less at Godaddy.com). Also think e-book (various software out...

Excellent point about writing! I'm dropping in my 2 cents... I work for a printer that does a little self publishing. I also had a non-fiction book published. (The book only generated a $3,000 advance and then died, but the project was exciting for me, and educational.) Self publishing CAN...

Haven't been in for a long while, stumbled o this, great stuff, thanks so much!