A Little Philosophy
Seems like I’m digging this video thing. I made another one, talking about my philosophy of writing and the general snootiness that can tend to occur around writers.
Tag: business
Small Thinking
As an MBA and a student of business, I really love Shark Tank. I love watching it, seeing the various business pitches and great ideas. I especially love watching how the Sharks react to the pitches, how they make their …
More POD
One of the cool things that I saw at Dean’s workshop was books, a lot of books, from the other writers in the workshop. Several people brought their POD paperbacks to show Dean. Of course, that first night, I smacked …
Is The Advance You’ve Been Offered Good Enough?
The other day I wrote about my consternation over a thread on Kindleboards about whether or not an indie writer should use an agent to help negotiate the deal if publishers come knocking on the writer’s door. My thesis is …
And Now, A Word From Our Sponsor…
…the sponsor being my wife, of course. She has a small business where she hand-crafts cools items to help out moms and little kids: blankets, burp cloths, floor cushions, coffee cozies, that sort of thing. Obviously, I think her stuff …
Stop Being A Child
Passive Guy, over at The Passive Voice, had a couple great posts this morning. The first was a link to, and comments on, Sarah Hoyt’s continued discussion about why she dropped her agent. The second was a discussion of comments on …
It Doesn’t Matter If You Prefer Print Or Ebook
It’s Thursday. And lately, on Thursdays, I inevitably find myself thinking, “It’s Thursday. I wonder what Kris wrote about this week?” And so I have to rush over to The Business Rusch to find out. Today’s a special treat, because …
Feeling Grateful
I often point over to Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch in this here blog. Naturally, I do that because they’re both very experienced writers, very smart with business, and they make a hell of a lot of sense. …
Ranking or Cash Flow?
As is obvious from my last several posts, I’ve been spending a lot more time on the Kindleboards lately. Considering that Masters is primed and just about ready for release late next month, it seemed appropriate to link up with …
Cutting Off Your Nose To Spite Your Face
It seems that’s what some independent bookstores are doing. I went by Joe Konrath’s blog today, and read his post about J K Rowling self-publishing Harry Potter in ebook format. In that post, he also discussed other developments in the …