Since November of 2007, I’ve been running a low-key contest on Twitter. It was very simple, I ran a couple of Perl scripts to archive any tweets containing @HenryMelton, which for the most part were replies to me about something. Once a month, I ran a second script that randomly pulled one of the userid’s… Continue reading Second Thoughts About My Twitter Contest
Tag: Publishing
Popular Vs. Juried Awards
The whole micro-storm about Harlequin’s expansion into self-publishing has brought up a side point that has been an issue for me. The technical side of publishing has been brought under control. Any person with a bit of computer familiarity and a finished story can create and offer for sale a paper book or an ebook… Continue reading Popular Vs. Juried Awards
Thumbing Through the Pages
One of the disadvantages of selling my novels via my webpage, or by allowing people to buy them via Amazon or B&N online or any of the other on-line webstores is that people have a long history of picking up a book, and reading a few pages to get the feel for the book. That’s… Continue reading Thumbing Through the Pages