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Tuesday, August 25, 2009 [ 10 Comments ]
Submissions Guidelines Updated
So I said to Angela James, "Tell me what you really, really want when it comes to submissions." She said, "You know, I just happen to have a list." She sent it my way, and I said, "Oh yeah, I would love to see more of that." Since we're launching with...Friday, July 24, 2009 [ 1 Comment ]
Royalties: A Philosophical Study
I'll confess: when I moved to Los Angeles, the last thing on my career horizon was a job involving math. More specifically, a job involving algebra. When the temp agency, which specialized in placing people with motion picture studios, called and said "We have a 3 month job in a...Thursday, July 9, 2009 [ 11 Comments ]
Frequently Asked Questions: Contract Terms and Marketing Plans
Not surprisingly, since announcing Quartet Press, the most popular question we’ve received from prospective authors and others is “What are your contract terms?" - we've decided it would be a good idea to summarize our terms here on our blog. Since the second most frequently asked question, “Marketing? Tell me...Sunday, June 21, 2009 [ 13 Comments ]
RWA and Digital Publishing: It’s Time for New Think
I've been in RWA so long, I remember the first ePub war. Ah, memories. So few of them are pleasant. I have seen the good, the bad, the ugly, and the really stupid (oh, author who proclaimed that going epub meant you wouldn't be edited, I still cringe when I...Sunday, June 7, 2009 [ 5 Comments ]
Submissions Guidelines Are Live
Okay, I admit it: I had fantasies about creating the Best Submissions Guidelines Ever. I've always had a bit of a love-hate relationship with guidelines. The part of me that adores structure likes the idea of instructions; the creative part of me is all "it's the story, stupid". And, of...Sunday, June 7, 2009 [ 1 Comment ]