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Don’t Waste Your Career

Posted on 2011·12·09 by svrowle

Dean Wesley Smith has another great blog post up explaining the shifts in the role of agents over the past 100 years in the publishing industry. Go read it. It’s good. It made me wonder how I ever managed to … Continue reading →

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The Soapbox: People Read Writers’ Blogs Because…They’re Writers.

Posted on 2011·09·03 by svrowle

Shocker, right? I know this must be hard for some authors to contemplate. After all, marketing “experts” tell us we need to focus more on bringing in and keeping readers of our blogs who are solely “fans.” I don’t think … Continue reading →

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Publishing 3.0 – That Writer Friend

Posted on 2011·09·02 by svrowle

I never thought it would happen to me, but it did. One of my friends is also an aspiring writer, and she’s bought into all of the myths. You know, those sacred cows of publishing that will be the ruination … Continue reading →

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Publishing 3.0 – Anti-Authoritarian, That’s Me! Or Don’t Be a Sheeple

Posted on 2011·07·08 by svrowle

First, check this great series of posts by some of the best bloggers on publishing in the business if you want to catch up on the latest laments of the publishing industry Swimming Lessons for House Slaves:  No one will … Continue reading →

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Trunk Novels and the Value of Patience

Posted on 2011·02·17 by svrowle

As I’ve previously stated, I began writing novels back in 1993. I focused on short stories while in college and put the novels on a back burner. It took several more years of experimentation and failure to admit to myself … Continue reading →

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