by toby | Feb 13, 2014 | The Writing Life
Perhaps because of the recent brouhaha in the blogosphere due to my hero Hugh Howey’s continued pioneering, this time in bringing full disclosure numbers via AuthorEarnings.com that paint a very different picture than traditional publishing would have us know,...
by toby | Jan 18, 2014 | The Writing Life
First of all, I’d like to define “pro:” for the purposes of this article, a pro is someone who earns his/her primary income from writing. Holly Robinson and I are pros, with multiple novels and credits of various kinds under our belts, and we’re friends. In our chats...
by toby | Jan 6, 2014 | The Writing Life
Secrets of Indie Success Revealed: Indie Authors Naked #IndiesNaked In which I interview writer and editor Loren Kleinman about her new anthology. I've been caught naked. Yep, that interview I did on well-trafficked site IndieReader over a year ago, when my little...
by toby | Dec 4, 2013 | The Writing Life
Are Indies Getting Clobbered by Big Name E-book Discounts? I think we are. And, it’s a great time to be a reader and shopping for e-books! The DOJ price-fixing case with Apple and the Big 5 publishers was settled awhile ago, but September was when Amazon began really...
by toby | Nov 18, 2013 | The Writing Life
Rejection. Straight up, no ice. My agent is now shopping my memoir project, Children of Paradise. We got a rejection this weekend, from Random House: “It’s a touching story and the Toby depicts Hawaii vividly, but I fear it’s too small for us.” What do you do when a...
by toby | Nov 14, 2013 | The Writing Life
What do you do if you are Unsound? Take to land or sea. Either way, healing can be found in nature. My protagonist, Dr. Caprice Wilson, took a hike in Haleakala Crater to clear her mind and body–and it didn't go the way she planned. My literary suspense novel,...