We have a winner!

And the winner of the contest is…Kira Frank! After the contest ended, I put all the contestants in a spreadsheet according to their number of points. If you had 6 points, your name went in 6 times. Then I sorted the names randomly. Finally, I used random.org/integers to pick a random number. Thanks to everyone … Continue reading »

How an Author Makes Money

The MFA Program, which ends this weekend, has brought in several interesting speakers on the subjects of writing and publishing. One presentation that I found particularly interesting was agent Sharlene Martin‘s. In the Q&A section, she answered the question: how exactly does an author make money? This sounds like a basic enough question. After all, … Continue reading »

CONTEST!

To celebrate reaching 100 followers on Twitter, I’m holding a contest! What do you win? $25 worth of books on Amazon! If you’re clever, that can get you three books. Delivered straight to your house. For free. So how does this contest work? Basically, you accrue points by spreading the word about me and my … Continue reading »