Archive for the ‘Publishing’ Category
Sunday, August 29th, 2010
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Hey lovers of words and stories.
Welcome to The Novel Experience®, the podcast dedicated to the craft and art of fiction writing. Listen, enjoy and improve your chances of getting published!
The Novel Experience Podcast
Episode 3: Date with a Sheesha Part 2
Just launched the third episode where I continue my conversation with the award-winning crime writer Anthony Bidulka, the pride of the Canadian prairies. (Duration: roughly 15 minutes)
Listen (above or below) to Part 2 to discover Anthony’s Five ‘Cs’ of author promotion and help your own book marketing…oh, all right. I’ll give you a hint. The first three are: Confidence, Communication and Capitalization.
Of course, to learn the last two and to hear Anthony’s terrific insight on Capitalization, which he describes as capitalizing on your strengths and dealing with your weaknesses, you gotta listen.
If you haven’t heard Part 1 or would like to hear my other interviews, click The Novel Experience Podcast.
The Novel Experience Podcast Ep. 3 – Anthony Bidulka
Tags: author interview, crime fiction, detective fiction, fiction, genre fiction, mystery novel, mystery writing, Publishing, writing how to, writing skills
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Saturday, August 21st, 2010
If you haven’t heard of the Novel Journey blog then you’re in for a treat.
It’s been twice named as one of Writer’s Digest’s 101 most valuable websites for writers.
And it is excellent: all sorts of book news, reviews and author interviews…which leads me to my point. 
I’m fortunate enough to be their latest interviewee.
So, if you’d like to discover my pet peeve of the writing biz, among other bits of Furlong flotsam and jetsam, check out the Novel Journey and let me know what you think @ epubbing (at) shaw (dot) ca.
Tags: author interview, crime fiction, detective fiction, mystery writing, writing how to, writing skills
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Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Delighted to report that my Novel Experience podcast, dedicated to the craft and art of fiction writing, is now available via Podcast Pickle.
The Novel Experience Podcast
If you’re interested in words, writers and storytelling or if you’re a writer seeking sound advice from published authors to help you get published, please give it a spin at PodcastPickle.com. My latest guest is the Saskatchewan crime writer, Anthony Bidulka.
Click here for more info or if you want to listen via this blog or other podcasting services, such as iTunes and Podcast Alley.
Love to know what you think. Email me @ epubbing (at) shaw (dot) ca. Cheers!
Tags: author interview, crime fiction, detective fiction, genre fiction, mystery novel, mystery writing, podcasting, Publishing, self-promotion, writing how to, writing skills
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
I recently had the pleasure to assist Michael Hanson, a former officer with England’s famed Metropolitan Police, publish his first fiction e-book.
The Black Widow is an intriguing police procedural mystery from a man who’s been in the trenches. To purchase ($2.99 US) or to find out more information, check it out at Smashwords.com. The Black Widow will soon be available from a number of other online booksellers.
The Black Widow by Michael Hanson
Michael kindly offers this note of appreciation for my electronic publishing services, my brief how-to primer, Self-Publish Your E-Book in Minutes, and for my e-publishing course:
When you are getting a little long in the tooth and want to publish a book, modern technology and publishing changes mean that skilled help is necessary.
The lecture on E-Book Publishing given by Nicola Furlong makes it easy for all ages, and her creativity and imagination give the necessary encouragement to take this step to publish your book. She was tremendous help with mine.
Her blog will keep you up to date in a rapidly changing world of fiction and nonfiction reading.
Why not let The Black Widow spin you her web?
Tags: crime fiction, detective fiction, Electronic / Digital Publishing, mystery, mystery novel, self-publishing, smashwords
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
It’s taken a month or two but I’m really pleased to announce that my e-book version of Unnatural States is now available on Canada’s fab online bookseller, Kobobooks.
UnnaturalStates
You may read an excerpt and buy my paranormal thriller from Kobobooks for $2.99 at
Unnatural States.
To read some reviews, check out the book trailer and find out more info, please visit Unnatural States.
You may always experience Unnatural States in a cool multi-media format at Unnatural States Quillr®.
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
e-Riches 2.0: Next-Generation Marketing Strategies for Making Millions Online by Scott Fox
Am always keen to improve my marketing opportunities for my fiction and non-fiction list and finding this book of interest re SEO, blogging strategies and using feeds and email lists.
View all my reviews >>
You may buy E-Riches 2.0 at
Amazon.com
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Saturday, July 17th, 2010
Intro: I’ve been teaching a writers’ workshop at our local Camosun college on how to write a mystery novel. My students are eating it up, telling me that they’re learning lots of practical and usable tips and techniques, so I thought I’d offer bits and pieces of the workshop in my new Friday Mystery Writing blog posts.
Youdunit Whodunit!
The information is gleaned from my little non-fiction e-book primer called Youdunit Whodunit: How to Write Mysteries.
STORY STRUCTURE (PART 6 Continued)
LOOSE THE HOUNDS INTO THE MIDDLE:
Other mid-story development tidbits:
- Increase the tension and confusion by adding sub-plot entanglements, clues, red herrings, mistakes and misunderstandings. Find these distractions by playing around with answers to this question: what could reasonably and believably go wrong?
- Explore your characters’ motivations; remember the theme or the point of the story or what the Protagonist learns, about him or her or the world, foreshadows the solution
(more…)
Tags: crime fiction, detective fiction, ebook, genre fiction, mystery novel, mystery writing, writing how to
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Saturday, July 10th, 2010
Intro: I’ve been teaching a writers’ workshop at our local Camosun college on how to write a mystery novel. My students are eating it up, telling me that they’re learning lots of practical and usable tips and techniques, so I thought I’d offer bits and pieces of the workshop in my new Friday Mystery Writing blog posts.
Cover for mystery writing primer, Youdunit Whodunit!
The information is gleaned from my little non-fiction e-book primer called
Youdunit Whodunit: How to Write Mysteries.
STORY STRUCTURE (PART 5 Continued)
LOOSE THE HOUNDS INTO THE MIDDLE:
Other mid-story development tidbits:
- Never introduce the guilty party late in the book; that’s betraying the rule of fair game
- Generate more complications resulting from the criminal’s efforts at concealment or escape; these often result in a really big problem: a second murder or crime
- Remember that the strongest stories are intertwined, so construct your main and sub-plots to resonate or reflect one another. Perhaps your main mystery is a missing child; then a strong sub-plot would be to have one of your character’s searching for their birth family.
- Make it personal: have someone the reader likes be affected by the first murder or crime: maybe as a suspect? Or is in love with the suspect? Or their life’s changed by the crime?
Remember how MURDER SHE WROTE’S Jessica Fletcher always had some relationship with the victim or the suspect? So much so that no one would ever really want to be close to her!
- Develop and show strong motives for at least three characters and you’re off and running
…MORE how-to write a mystery tips and techniques continued in the next post!
Find out more information or how to purchase this e-book, jam-packed with ways to immediately improve your writing, click Youdunit Whodunit (only $2.99US!).
Tags: crime fiction, detective fiction, ebook, Electronic / Digital Publishing, fiction, genre fiction, mystery, mystery novel, mystery writing, self-publishing, writing how to, writing skills
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
The Coral Thief by Rebecca Stott
Interesting thriller. Old-fashioned feel with clues, pursuit and love in Paris.
View all my reviews >>
You may buy this book at Amazon.com
Tags: book review, crime fiction, mystery, mystery novel
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
I’m delighted to announce the electronic publication of my latest how-to primer. This time, I tackled electronic self-publishing with Self-Publish Your E-Book in Minutes!.
I jumped on the digital wagon last year by re-publishing my mysteries as e-books. Soon, I began instructing others—many had failed with traditional publishers or were wary of costly Print on Demand—at a Victoria, B.C., college.
Self-Publish Your E-Book in Minutes
I immediately found the demand far exceeded my eager students and concluded that a practical, simple and affordable how-to primer on electronic publishing was needed.
Thus, Self-Publish Your E-Book in Minutes! was born.
It’s brief, practical and succinctly covers all the essentials of electronic publication, like formatting, uploading and marketing, and is available online at Amazon.com and Smashwords.com for $0.99.
Tags: Electronic / Digital Publishing, ereaders, iPad, iPhone, kindle, kobo, non-fiction, Publishing, smashwords, writing how to
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