Cohost of the TransMissions Podcast. Writer, Blogger, Musician.
Shana with the book review blog ‘Book Vacations‘ reviewed ‘All That Matters‘. Here are some of the kind things she said.
Lacey Hittle did a really great interview with me and a review of my book ‘All That Matters‘ on her blog, ‘Reading On The Run‘. It is one of the more in-depth reviews I have gotten to read of my own work.
One of the other cool things Lacey is doing on her blog is putting on a contest to win a copy of my book. So, if you want to read the interview she did, read the review of my book she wrote, or just try to get your hands on a free copy of my book, head on over to ‘Lacy Hittle’s ‘Reading On The Run‘ blog to check it out.
A couple of great highlights from her review where:
The Reviews just keep coming in. Marriah, with Rambling Bookmarks blog reviewed ‘All That Matters‘ recently and had the following to say about it:
Before I ever start writing a book there are a couple of things I do that help me with my writing process. One thing I do is create a ‘Cheat Sheet’ of characters I am going to use in my book.
My ‘Cheat Sheet’ helps me keep track of people, there names, there personalities, there ages, and anything else I might need for future reference. A character I keep on a cheat sheet rarely takes up more than one line on text. So the whole thing is clean and simple and is an easy to use reference.
So here is an example of a cheat sheet I would create using characters from the Simpsons. It contains the important information I might need to know about a character in one line of text.
So the idea behind it is pretty simple and generally includes.
This is actually the template I use when creating a cheat sheet.
Character Name • Age (who they remind me of) Traits – Personality – Quarks
Thats how I do it. My cheat sheet has been such a valuable tool for me when writing. It makes the whole process of writing so much easier. I really hope anyone getting into writing will find this tip useful. Let me know if you have any tips on how you track characters. I am always interested to learn how others write.
Simon & Schuster just signed a deal with John Locke, the first self published author to ever sell a million eBooks. I have been reading more and more about self published authors who are being signed to publishing houses. What makes the deal with John Locke so unique is that he gets to retain all of his eRights. That is unheard of. Simon & Schuster wont get one cent for any sale of his eBooks. John Locke gets to keep it all for himself.
When an author publishes an eBook and sells it through and online service like Amazon.com they normally get to keep 70% of each sale. When an author sells an eBook through a normal publishing house like Simon & Schuster it is considerably less. I am just floored that any publishing house would sign and author and not retain the eRights like that.
I can’t help but wonder what these means to the Publishing industry. Is this the first nail in the coffin for publishing houses? Will big name authors start demanding eRights to their own content? It is going to be really interesting to watch what unfolds.