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Ebooks – A Tale of Two Formats

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Tosh McIntoshJune 25, 2011

Nothing in life is fair, and here’s a perfect example. One day you say to yourself, “Self, let’s write a novel.” Self: “You gotta be kidding me.” You: “I’m serious. And because we’re one and the same, get used to … Continue reading →

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Ebook Covers – The Lost Week

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Tosh McIntoshJune 23, 2011

My brother and I have a tradition, of sorts, in which prior to beginning any project we call the other and suggest that he begin one as well. Our purpose is to increase the odds that at least one of … Continue reading →

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Ebook Covers – First Attempt Aftermath

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Tosh McIntoshJune 17, 2011

Support: a verb meaning to give assistance, comfort, emotional help, approve of and encourage. Group: a noun meaning a number of people who work together or share certain beliefs. Writers’ support group: the people who seem to delight in pouncing … Continue reading →

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Ebook Covers – First Attempt

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Tosh McIntoshJune 16, 2011

After writing this morning’s post on the subject of ebook covers I couldn’t resist the temptation to try something. I began about 9:00 AM, it’s now 5:00 in the afternoon, and although the air around my writing desk is still … Continue reading →

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Ebooks – Covers

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Tosh McIntoshJune 16, 2011

Okay, so here I am trying to balance my time around four parallel efforts: maintain the blog, continue submitting my novel to agents, dust off two other manuscripts, and research “ebooking” under the assumption that I’ll end up working my … Continue reading →

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“New” Publishing and the Unknown Writer

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Tosh McIntoshJune 15, 2011

I participate in two writers’ groups, the smaller of which we refer to by the extremely inventive and original name of “Little Group,” or “El Gee.” Last evening El Gee met to discuss the topic of “new” as opposed to … Continue reading →

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Ebooks – The Formatting Dilemma

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Tosh McIntoshJune 14, 2011

A previous Writer’s Desk logbook post on March 22, 2011, titled “Query War Update – ‘You’ve Got Mail!’” listed the ten steps on what I referred to as “the ladder to publication.” I was referring to the “legacy” publishing industry, … Continue reading →

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Ebooks in the News – What’s in a Name?

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Tosh McIntoshJune 14, 2011

At the regularly scheduled meeting of the Novel-In-Progress group of Austin, Texas yesterday, our fearless leader Deanna Roy, who misses nothing when it comes to what’s going on out there in the publishing industry, mentioned the term “disposable pseudonym.” I’d … Continue reading →

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Ebooks in the News – Research

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Tosh McIntoshJune 10, 2011

Two previous posts in the Writer’s Desk logbook (“Fiction After 50 and Ebooks?” on April 15, 2011, and “Ebooks in the News” on April 21) have addressed the current turmoil in the publishing industry. This post will recap a bit … Continue reading →

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The Query Wars – News from the Front

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Tosh McIntoshJune 9, 2011

As of yesterday morning, June 8, 2011, I’d sent out 37 queries and received 15 form rejections (plus 3 “closed/no responses” for a total of 18), 2 requests for partial manuscripts, and 2 requests for fulls. The rest are just … Continue reading →

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