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Guest Blog Post: In Praise of Ripening
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware When I began doing research for the Writer Beware website in 1998, Marcia Yudkin's invaluable article on recognizing writing scams was among the first resources that I discovered. In this week's guest blog ...
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Announcing the Summer YA Scavenger Hunt Authors
I’m thrilled to be participating in this summer’s YA Scavenger Hunt. (If you aren’t familiar with the Hunt, you can find out more here.) The Hunt will take place between August 1 and August 6, so be sure to check back for a chance to win some–or all!–of the fabulous books whose covers appear below…including Passion Blue. This summer the Hunt will have two teams (RED and BLUE) of 27 authors each. I’m on the BLUE team. THE BLUE TEAM HEATHER ANASTASIU JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT GWENDA BOND TERA LYNN CHILDS ANGELA CORBETT GINA DAMICO ED DEHORATIUS LEIGH FALLON MARLEY GIBSON SHAUNA GRANGER CYNTHIA HAND NANCY HOLDER COLLEEN HOUCK TARA HUDSON DENISE JADEN MIRANDA KENNEALLY SUZANNE LAZEAR JODI MEADOWS ALEXANDRA MONIR E.C. MYERS ERICA O’ROURKE AMY PLUM CARRIE RYAN JESSICA SHIRVINGTON J.A. SOUDERS VICTORIA STRAUSS DEBBIE VIGUIE THE RED TEAM JOSEPHINE ANGELINI LEAH BOBET LISA BURSTEIN KRISTI COOK JULIE CROSS TRACY…
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Pearson Buys Author Solutions
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Last March, word went out that self-publishing giant Author Solutions Inc (owner of AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Xlibris, Trafford, WordClay, Palibrio, and several others, and contractor for the self-pub...
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Call for Guest Bloggers
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Would you like to be a guest blogger for Writer Beware? To vary our subject matter and present differing points of view, we publish occasional guest blog posts on subjects relating to publishing, self-p...
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PASSION BLUE ARCs Now Available
Look what just landed on my doorstep! Lots of lovely Passion Blue ARCs. As much as I embrace the digital revolution that’s transforming the publishing world seemingly by the day, I feel sad for authors of the future whose books may never appear in physical form. There really is nothing like the thrill of holding your book in your hands for the first time. This is my eighth time around, and it never gets old! If you review YA fiction, please contact me to request a copy (publication date is November 6, 2012). Please include your contact information in your email (it won’t be shared, and you won’t be added to any lists) and tell me something about your blog or review publication. I’m also going to be organizing Goodreads giveaways through the summer and fall–check back here, or watch my Facebook page and Twitterstream, for details. Passion Blue: a…
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Rights vs. Copyright
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware You may have noticed that there were no posts last week. Apologies! I've got a humongous workload, and have had to cut myself off from the web almost entirely in order to deal with it. I thought I...