June 30th, 2010

The self-publishing debate

I have a lot of people to thank for a rousing discussion of Friday’s post on self-publishing and print-on-demand.  This blog is normally quite starved for comments and the debate was just the boost my fragile little ego desired.  I liked it so much, in fact, I am going to give another plug to the [...]

June 29th, 2010

On Authors, Actors, and Agents

One of my best friends is an actor.  You’ve probably seen her in something, but you probably don’t know it.  She’s been prominently featured on Law and Order and a couple of its acronym-oriented spin-offs, Damages, White Collar, Rescue Me, Gossip Girl, Mercy, Kings, and other television programs, and been in in a few television [...]

June 24th, 2010

Self-publish, or learn to fly?

Literary agent Colleen Lindsay this morning tweeted Laura Miller’s recent Salon article about how the future of literature will be shaped by e-book and on-demand print self-publishing services.  Miller observes that these services promote themselves as a means to circumvent the “elite literary gatekeepers,” and that their customers are really authors, not readers.  She [...]