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- Our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find interesting and useful:
- All writers should read this post from author Victoria Strauss on editing clauses in publishing contracts. We can’t say it enough: make sure you understand everything in a contract before you sign!
- From agent Rachelle Gardner: it’s not about the money.
- Author Anne R. Allen advises writers to take time (not take sides!) thinking through your publishing options.
- The New York Times takes a sobering look at how the ebook age is forcing authors to write more.
- Nonfiction writers, take note of this post on fact versus creative license, with great strategies for indicating when you’re taking creative liberties with the facts.
- Writer D.K. LeVick is thinking about researching.
- Author John Colapinto in praise of the audiobook.
Enjoy your weekend. Write something wonderful!
Posted by: Kelley
Thanks much for the shout-out! I’ve been hearing from a lot of authors who are feeling pressured to publish sooner than they want to. And when they are then expected to pound out 12 books a year as the NYT reports (so outrageous) they’re better off having some inventory on hand before they take the plunge.
Victoria’s post at Writer Beware about the editing clause is hair-raising. Thing is–the editor really abused his power and mis-used a perfectly normal clause to do some really unethical things, in my opinion. I did notice in his awful letter to the abused author that he had a couple of grammatical mistakes. A red flag in a publisher.
Thanks for the great round-up!
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