I’ve been watching the reactions of the SFWA, the MWA and the RWA about Harlequin’s venture into assisted self-publishing. Basically, the fury is that Harlequin would lend it’s reputation to novels that are essentially unedited, and charge the novelist for the service. While I deplore the idea and think that it would do more damage… Continue reading Since When Do Publishers Win Writing Awards?
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A Writer’s Nightmare
The notices started coming in today via twitter, email, and Facebook comments. They all said roughly, “Hey, I saw this on the news and I thought about your novel.” I’ve been distracted and pretty much useless all day, tracking the story of the boy who supposedly climbed aboard a lighter than air flying saucer and… Continue reading A Writer’s Nightmare
The FTC Issue
Having just waded through the 81 page PDF of the Federal Trade Commission’s ruling commentary, I clipped just the following sentence: “When there exists a connection between the endorser and the seller of the advertised product that might materially affect the weight or credibility of the endorsement (the connection is not reasonably expected by the… Continue reading The FTC Issue