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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- I am an author of both fiction and nonfiction
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- You can read my novel Horizons Past for free on www.horizonspast.com
Essays are availabel on www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/billstephens
www.billstephensbooks.com gives information concerning my books
- About Me:
- During the last twenty years I have written over 1,000 weekly columns, articles, and features on wine, food, travel, and outdoors for Murdoch, Harte Hanks, and Hearst newspapers. My features and contributions have appeared in national periodicals like Chef, Wine Spectator, Wine News, Wine Enthusiast, Field & Stream, and Food & Wine. I has published two short stories “The Decanter, A Christmas Story” and “Toby Tire and His Erratic Curve Ball”
Currently you can read my novel, Horizons Past, for free on my Blog www.horizonspast.com and you can comment, critique, and chat about the novel on the Blog's Forum
My essays and observations on the publishing industry are posted on my Blog, "Read It and Weep," www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/billstephens
Visit www.billstephensbooks.com for rights available for both fictin and nonfiction.
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/billstephens
- Favorite Books:
- Anything by Cormack McAarthy, James Lee Burke, Thomas McGuane. Jim Harrison, Christopher Moore, Tom Robbins, Carl Hiaasen, Pat Conroy,
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Twig Book Shop, San Antonio.
Bill Stephens's Blog
New Approach to Fiction Manuscript Submissions
"Create a Market Survey for Your Fiction Manuscript"
"What You Should Know About the Amazon Sales Rank"
"Using the Amazon Sales Rank"
"Calculateing Book Sales From amazon's Sales Rank,"
you might find interesting and useful. They address the issue of
inculding a "Comparative Book Survey" and a "Market Survey" with your
fiction submissions and how to prepare these sur… Continue
Posted on July 23, 2008 at 12:45pm —
Create a Market Survey for Your Fiction Submission
Why not head this problem off by including two additional items with the manuscript: a "Competition Su… Continue
Posted on May 18, 2008 at 9:07pm —
MIsspent Youth and Literature's Loss
For every writer out there who just wants a break, the story of W. Glasgow Phillips who wrote a breakout debut novel and then blew it is at
Posted on October 31, 2007 at 10:41am —
A Bar of Soap
Posted on August 27, 2007 at 1:12pm —
Braving a Quill Flogging
I boxed up my ego, my pride of accomplishment, my certainty that I am a good writer, my belief that anyone who feels otherwise simply is out of touch with reality, and submitted my first chapter of Vamonos!, my second novel, to Ray Rhamey’s blog “Flogging the Quill” – “Turn the Page” critique.
The “Turn the Page” thing goes like this. You submit the first sixteen double spaced lines of your manuscript, which according to Ray is the amount of text that should be on the first page of a n
… ContinuePosted on July 29, 2007 at 6:07pm —
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I'm over at a few other blogs today. If you get a chance, come on over to see the Christmas Decorations at http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com/At http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/ the topic is Spoiled Milk. Ever sit down to read a good book and been disappointed?
If you haven't yet, check out the post below about the Paper War.
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Morgan Mandel
Paper War
I've been waging a war on paper the last few days. So far, paper is winning. The more I clean up, the more of it I find. The problem is, for much of it, I feel an obligation to do a thorough examination and decide whether or not it's worth keeping.The mailperson is my enemy. He, sometimes she, keeps leaving more paper in my mail box. I'm not talking about my Christmas cards, which I cherish, but all the other stuff dropped off for me to sort out. At times it's torture to come home and see the new pile the DH has set on the kitchen table.
I've discovered tons of magazines over a year old. They were trying to hide in a magazine holder on the side of the couch, but not doing a good job of it, since they were spilling over. Of course, I decided to check the headings on the covers to see if some of the information inside might prove valuable. Wouldn't you know it, I was right. Many articles seemed to good to give up.
I've already mentioned here before about how I also have a compulsion to print out emails that seem important to me. The result is I have lots of important pieces of paper. When there's an abundance, which is the most important? And, where's the one I really need? It is a quandary.
What about you? Is paper your enemy? Are you also waging a war against it? Who is winning?
Library Displays - See Make Mine Mystery Monday
Have you tried a library display? If you want to see mine, come on over to Make Mine Mystery on Monday.Thanks,
Morgan
Christmas Card Blues Is Up at Un:Bound Today
Hi Gang,I've written a short Christmas story which is being featured at Un:Bound today.
You may be able to relate to some of it.
I'd appreciate your going over to look and leave a comment.
Thanks,
Morgan
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Kathryne
Take care,
Sonny G
Thanks for adding me as a friend. I'll have to check out your serial.
I think you're the one and only person who is reading the Deadly Ink saga...lol!
What was your idea behind serializing your book for free? Do you have a lot of readers?
Deb
Apart from sharing a name, we obviously have a common interest in wine. Great start. Thanks for the invitation.
Bill
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