Author Archive: Raven West
Is the Pen Dead?
There has been talk recently (see links below) that schools are no longer going to teach penmanship. With students as young as kindergarten texting and tweeting, will there come a day when writing with a pen becomes a lost art? Think about it. When was the last time you wrote a check, or for that …
Stress Free Marketing!
What a concept! Forget everything you ever learned in college about marketing – with the arrival of the Internet, social media and the rest, it’s a whole new world out there. And that world is HUNGRY for good books, quality writing and a flow of interesting stories. Writers cannot do it all, the creative side …
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The E-Book Royalty Mess: An Interim Fix
Raven West ♦ February 19, 2011 ♦ Leave a comment
From the Authors Guild – A perspective on what REALLY happens in the real world of e-publishing. It’s not a pretty sight: Negotiating a publishing contract is frequently contentious, but authors have long been able to take comfort in this: once the contract is signed, the interests of the author and the publisher are largely …
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