A little thread on the @maureenjohnson twitter stream about typo’s in books, from an author’s perspective prompted me to give you this little look into how I deal with typos in my books. First, typos exist. It is a very rare book with no glitches. Some misspellings, incorrect word choices, etc. have been in the… Continue reading Yes, Send Me the Typos
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Second Thoughts About My Twitter Contest
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
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