Tag: publishing
member name: Gretchen Lee Bourquin
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May 03, 2007 07:22 AM EDT --
The jury seems conflicted on this. I put my heart and soul into my novel, carried my characters in the pockets of my brain for years. As my manuscript sits in a file, I miss them. I wrote the novel online-- . . .
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November 20, 2008 07:46 AM EST --
I'm posting this to invite everyone who has a book (or more) out there a place to post their title and their website. Here's mine:
The Long and Short of It - (poetry) 1st edition $6.97 print; . . .
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November 10, 2008 10:42 PM EST --
I recently ordered the updated version of my book, No Sensible People with the new cover in Lulu's new "publisher's grade" paper -- which is a little cheaper. Lulu won't do the ISBN . . .
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October 29, 2008 07:29 AM EDT --
The good news is that as of yesterday the "digest" publishing option became available on Lulu.com. They now offer a "publisher's grade" of paper for 5.5 x 8.5 and 8 1/2 X 11 and . . .
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February 21, 2009 12:46 PM EST --
Yes, I have been elusive in my blogging for a while now, as I've been trying to get a rhythm going with a little more "practical" writing, on eHow and now Associated Content . . .
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December 20, 2008 02:04 PM EST --
Have you ever watched a baby wriggling on a blanket on the floor? Maybe there is a toy a few feet away. Maybe it is just the end of the blanket. But whatever it is, they do not see the limitations. Few . . .
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January 03, 2009 10:34 AM EST --
Hi everyone. I didn't want to bombard everyone one with group invites, but I created a new group. Consider yourself invited. I'll just post this to a few larger groups, so it will be nice and . . .
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October 26, 2008 09:42 AM EDT --
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -- Thomas Edison
Expectation is a driving component in just about everything we do, even when we make a conscious . . .
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November 22, 2008 10:11 AM EST --
Yesterday, the daytime temperature dipped below 10 degrees for the first time this season in my area, and yesterday I dug my winter coat out of the closet for the first time. I was fighting it. I wanted . . .
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April 18, 2009 12:58 PM EDT --
This coming Monday, I will be heading to Marshall, MN to Southwest Minnesota State University to celebrate the life of one of my writing mentors, Bill Holm who passed away in February. I have spent more . . .
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June 27, 2008 08:46 AM EDT --
Nearly a year ago I tested the waters with Lulu.com and put together a collection of poetry called The Long and Short of It and published on Lulu, where it's available in print for about $7 and . . .
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July 17, 2008 07:03 PM EDT --
This review can also be found in The Mixed Bag Review
Have you ever constructed a jigsaw puzzle? This is much the way I felt as I made my way through A.F. Stewart's collection . . .
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April 04, 2009 11:44 AM EDT --
I'm a big baby of a writer by nature. I want to write what I want, when I want, how I want, and then I want everyone to go read what I've written and tell me how brilliant it is -- how . . .
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August 14, 2008 02:32 PM EDT --
When I first heard of Rhetta Akamatsu’s new book T'aint Nobody’s Business If I Do: Women Blues Singers Old and New I was intrigued. The book chronicles the lives and struggles of the great female . . .
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November 01, 2008 11:22 PM EDT --
Back in August, I took a class about getting back into the writing habit, and during that time I self published my completed novel, No Sensible People , wrote promotional articles and character sketches, . . .
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December 16, 2008 02:42 PM EST --
I just noticed that the second edition of No Sensible People (the one with the cover designed by my son, that's my icon right now) is available on Amazon.com, under ISBN 978-0557023189. It's . . .
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December 13, 2008 09:17 AM EST --
This past week I came across a DVD I had misplaced a while back, 13 Going on 30 with Jennifer Garner. In the movie Garner plays 13 year old Jenna Rink who, thanks to a little magic wishing dust, wakes . . .
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August 24, 2008 03:48 PM EDT --
Did you write a book? Have a longer story that isn't getting the reads you want? Give us the first paragraph and a link. Can You hook us into reading more?
This is inspired by Aaron LaZaar's . . .
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June 27, 2008 12:35 PM EDT --
I posted the following on my website, www.gretchenleebourquin.com. Since I recently self-published with Lulu, and will want reviews. I wanted to find a way to return the favor. Gather Authors will likely . . .
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July 12, 2008 10:41 AM EDT --
this blog is also available on www.gretchenleebourquin.com/blog
My head is spinning as I try to think of ways to promote my novel No Sensible People , my poetry collection The Long and Short . . .
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