Archive for August, 2007
Next Entries » Sunday, August 12th, 2007The Artist’s Statement: A Marketing Tool Every Artist Needs
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If you’re an artist or craftsperson offering your art in stores and galleries, you need an artist’s statement. Do you have one? If not, you’re missing out on a great marketing tool.
Artist’s statements vary in length, form, […]
Schizophrenia and the Writer’s Life
By Tim Anderson
“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
–E. L. Doctorow
Writers are an odd hybridization of participant, observer, and recorder.
What does this mean? Well, it may depend on where you place the emphasis. If on the “odd” aspect of a writer’s life, there will be a quick nodding of heads and rather […]
California Vacation - Part 1 of a Day by Day Diary
We normally take our vacation on the east coast of the Florida peninsula, so we purchased one week of timeshare vacation on Ormond Beach. It was near the end of summer season in 2005, and we had already taken our vacation that year so we decided to space bank our week until later.
Later is […]
You’re Two Clicks from a Photo’s EXIF Data
When you take a photo with a digital camera, the camera embeds info directly into the file, including the make and model of camera, the exposure, shutter speed, and a host of other info (called eXiF data). That info is usually viewed within an application like Photoshop or iPhoto, but now you can view it […]
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007Picking a Best-Selling Title … Scientifically? (Not!)
by Diane Eble
I’m writing an article (which will actually end up as an ebook, I think) on how to title a book so it’s a best-seller. Came across this tool: the Lulu Titlescorer.
It’s supposed to tell you what chance your book title has of becoming a best seller.
Note: This is supposed to be for novels, […]
The Mango Tree Cafe’ Loi Kroh Road - An Interview with the Authors
Alan Solomon, author
Taryn Simpson, author
Welcome Readers! Have I got a treat for you.
Recently, I caught up with authors, Alan Solomon and Taryn Simpson and asked for an email interview.
Solomon and Simpson teamed up to write The Mango Tree Cafe’ Loi Kroh Road.
What is stunning about this union is Solomon makes his home in Asia, and […]
Expectations and the Writer’s Life
By Tim Anderson
“We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.”
–Samuel Johnson
What is it about expectation that is so captivating? So enthralling, so - essential?
It’s a particular bane of writers that their lives are lived between moments of expectation. The expectation that a job […]
Writers in the Sky Goes to the Kitchen with L.E.E. Design
Writers in the Sky (WITS) is a community newsletter for anyone interested in writing, editing, publishing, and book publicity and that means you can contribute content to the newsletter. If you have an article, an announcement, a poem, book review or letter to the editor, send me an email.
Jessica Dockter is the graphic designer […]
How to Make Money From What You Know
by Diane Eble
There’s a secret to making money from your expertise.
Many people think it’s to write a book. That’s a good thing, to write a book. Authors still are considered experts. Publishing a book still confers more expert status than getting a Ph.D. (It’s less expensive, too.)
However, publishing a book is only the beginning. Sadly, […]