Novelists, Inc. Blog

Bestselling Kindle Author Karen McQuestion

Dara Girard — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:00:07 +0000

Karen McQuestion is an example of perseverance, gumption and belief in oneself. After nearly a decade of trying to persuade NY publishers to give her fiction a chance, this freelance writer decided to self-publish on Kindle. The result? Bestseller status, a movie option, a publishing contract, six books to her name and many more to [...]

The lights are on…

Charlotte Hubbard — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:00:28 +0000

Ordinarily, early in the month I have a new book out, I do promo posts encouraging folks to grab it off the shelves–but Things Are Different Now. LAW OF ATTRACTION got caught in that limbo of Dorchester’s September releases…supposedly coming out in digital format now and in print format next summer. As it was to [...]

Writing heresy

Patricia McLinn — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:01:51 +0000

This is a tale of two books. These two were not the best and worst of books, but rather two books that each received outstanding reviews. Each was billed as suspense, and shelved with mysteries. Each was written by a well-known author. I can be a cranky reader, but both authors displayed writing skill that [...]

Did I tell you I have ADD?

Eileen Dreyer — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:03:22 +0000

If you follow the Novelist Inc blog, you will have realized that I posted this about fifteen hours late. It’s not that I didn’t know it was due. It isn’t that I have nothing to say(yeah, like who’d ever believe that?). It’s that I’m on deadline. Okay, other people have been on deadline and gotten [...]

Meet Publisher Len Barot

BlogMistress — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:00:19 +0000

Bold Strokes Books by Len Barot Thank you so much for this opportunity tell you a little bit about Bold Strokes Books, Inc, an independent publishing company focusing on LGBTQ literature. First, a very little bit about me (the publisher). I am a former surgeon and university professor and, in addition to hands-on running the [...]

Visual or Audio?

Tawny Weber — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:21:25 +0000

One of the many wonderful things about books is the varied ways readers can enjoy them. Not only to read, or listen, but some even make it to the visual medium of the big or small screen. In my home, we enjoy all of the formats. I’ll read anything with writing on it, be it [...]

Time! Time!

Elaine Isaak — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:32:25 +0000

There’s this great scene in J. R. R. Tolkein’s The Hobbit where Bilbo is exchanging riddles with Gollum. It’s Gollum’s turn, and once again, he has delivered a long, rich, poetic monologue–and Bilbo is stumped. Gollum comes to eat him, as is their bargain, and Bilbo starts asking for more time. He is so frightened [...]

We Made It!

Tara Taylor Quinn — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:39:20 +0000

(Tara Taylor Quinn and Kelly Chapman) So here we are, stop four on The Chapman Files International Blog Tour. We’re heading to Canada and Australia over the next few months, stopping in with the Australian Romance Reader Association blog, and stopping in England, too. Kelly Chapman (for those of you who don’t know Kelly is the expert [...]

Meet Agent Laurie McLean

BlogMistress — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:00:03 +0000

AGENTS IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL PUBLISHING By Laurie McLean, Larsen Pomada Literary Agents To steal a line from my colleague Michael Larsen’s playbook, now is the absolute best time ever to be a writer. This is something I truly believe. The opportunities for writers to get their work published are more varied and numerous [...]

OOPs – Out of Print, or Not?

Susan Lyons — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:15:43 +0000

I just found out that my very first book, Champagne Rules, which was one of the launch titles in Kensington’s Aphrodisia line in February 2006, is out of print – meaning that it’s not available in print from either my publisher’s website nor any of the major online stores. As it turns out, the same [...]