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I picked up Copywriting for the Rest of Us free last night and read it this morning. It’s short but useful. Although it’s not targeted specifically at authors, I recommend it to authors who need to write blurbs or queries. In other words, all authors with a book to publish. Coincidentally, I just read this…

1.  “Online book retail, including ebooks, accounted for 44% of all spending by consumers on books in the U.S.” 2.  “Women increased their lead over men in book buying, accounting for 58 percent of overall book spending in 2012, up from 55 percent in 2011. However, men are bigger hardcover buyers – the only area…

One of the cool things about cinema as an art form is that thousands of artists of all types collaborate together to produce one work of art. If you happen to be in the Pasadena area today, you can come meet some of the artists for Elysium in person. Elysium is a highly anticipated science fiction…

The Unfinished Song series is half-way through. Not coincidentally, I’ve been obsessing lately about how to write solid “middles.” Haven’t you noticed how sometimes, especially in a long series, some of the middle novels end up falling flat? Here are the three biggest ways I’ve seen series fall on their face in later novels: 1.…

In a far distant land, where magic flows and legends bloom, three races face their troubles together. A TROUBLED COMMUNITY The insect-like aemets built new homes under mountain maples, and they wished for luck. But the years brought them much work and meagre reward. After poor harvests and a brush with forest fire, now wolves are…

Ninth-grader Jared Brooks is tortured by the shadows of his life. The shadows distract him during tests, they keep him up at night, they bring out the worst in him. And they give him so much power that he almost never loses in a fight. Sadie knows what Jared is and what he can do.…

This is going to be one of those blogging about blogging posts. Over in the Archive of my blog, is a list which reminds me how often I’ve posted a month. The last year looks like this: ►  July(5) ►  June(20) ►  May(4) ►  April(2) ►  March(1) ►  February(6) ►  January(11) Seriously, Tara? That’s pathetic.…

Sherrilyn Kenyon is one of the few authors I can honestly say I found through her book trailers. She has a lot of them, and they are always fun. I read here that it was no coincidence I found Kenyon through her trailer. There was a huge campaign associated with her first book trailer. With…

My son is having a birthday party this month. He’s turning seven. Water slide, kiddie pool, water guns and inflatable sharks. The theme: Sharknado! If you still haven’t seen this glorious masterpiece, here’s the movie in a nutshell: