Are Big Books Better? Why the Long Novel is Here to Stay
I recently noticed that novels seem to be getting longer, so I did what any twenty-first century inquiring mind would and googled it. My search uncovered Publishers Weekly‘s “Fiction Gets […]
Spilling Our Guts
Spilling your guts is just exactly as charming as it sounds. —Fran Lebowitz Sorry, Fran. We think that spilling your guts is charming, and we plan to gush about Kait […]
Books Outside Bookstores: Selling to Specialty Stores
Earlier this year, a friend and I were feeling particularly flush and went into a boutique well out of our price range. Among the silk gowns and hand-stitched shoes and […]
What’s in a Name?
In the weeks since our last update, we have made great progress in the earliest stages of book production. We have selected a publication date for this special collection: October […]
What the Blurb
Imagine you’ve just walked into Powell’s; the tables of books stand before you, as does a maze of shelves beyond shelves filled with potential rainy-day material. A cover with interesting […]
Crowdfunding Tips from Write to Publish 2015
Crowdfunding. This seems to be the buzzword in DIY venues. Have an awesome tech idea? Crowdfund it. Conjured up an epic game worthy of geekdom fame? Crowdfund it. Want to […]
Design and Editing Workshops at Write to Publish
Design as a Marketing Tool and Editing Essentials: From the Big Picture to the Nitty Gritty are the two workshops that will be featured at the Write to Publish conference […]
Flipping the Project Plan
Hello all, During the last two weeks, the Mastersounds team has been working on researching and creating a marketing strategy that will be used near the launch of the book. […]
A Wave of Titles
We’ve been thinking hard these past few weeks about whether Trout Frying in America is the strongest title for our book. Choosing a title is an immeasurably important process—it’s arguably […]
Time to Spread the Word
Hello again, everyone. There has been a great deal of activity with the Untangling the Knot manuscript over the last few weeks. Nearly all of the final edits on the […]