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Scrivener for windows – post nano bright shiny

Perry — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:09:59 +0000

So I'm feeling good. I've exceeded the NaNo minimum count and I'm within reach of my own goal. I know, what a way to jinx it.

I decided I could take a half an hour to look at a bright shiny. Scrivener for Windows is in Beta and I wanted to see what it's about. No, I didn't download it. I'm not completely crazy. I did look at the video here. After looking at the video, I went to my calendar for December and made a note to try to get on the beta if it's still open.

Eat Pray Love – book or movie?

Perry — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:25:22 +0000

I started this blog with a purpose. I was going to write a review of the book so far. As a publisher, like other publishers, I look at the beginning of the book and decide whether there's enough promise to make it worth my time to read a whole manuscript.

Writing blogs, who do you follow?

Perry — Mon, 10 May 2010 22:51:49 +0000

How do you decide which blogs to follow? What topics do you find useful or entertaining?

If you don’t read it can you provide value as a critiquer

Perry — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:06:41 +0000

When we got our first horror submission I was worried. I didn't read horror and didn't have any idea what to say. Also, I don't read it for a reason - nightmares, baby.

Free opinions – are they worth anything?

Perry — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:41:50 +0000

I think the answer to the question is, yes they are. Sometimes they are just worth gaining an interesting new perspective, and sometimes they are the first step in getting to the next level. What's the best free opinion? One you agree to hear.

iPad reviews – had enough?

Perry — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:24:57 +0000

Hi, I don't know about you but I'm getting a bit overwhelmed by the number of reviews of the iPad as a reader. It seems fairly universal that it's not the best reader. It's too reflective, too heavy, and too big. There's lots of great feedback for other purposes but ereader doesn't seem to be a hit.

twitter offer successful

Perry — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:54:27 +0000

Hi, short post this time to let you know that we tweeted out an offer to give an opinion on the first 10 pages of a manuscript. We got three submissions faster than - insert your favorite cliche here - and we were wowed by the work people sent.

Indie Publishing or Self Publishing

Perry — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:58:38 +0000

Hi, there are any number of conversations going on around the blogsphere and the tweet world, and I’m sure off line in that old fashioned medium of voice conversations about this subject. Sue and I have had these conversations off line, too. It comes down to why would an author choose to work with an [...]

How did we manage before….

Perry — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:52:26 +0000

This post title started out as 'how did we manage before the Internet? but I realized the topic was wider than that. I'm a trailing baby boomer (they just kept dropping the birth year until I was suddenly a baby boomer). I'm used to the realization that life has changed so much in my lifetime (I'm pretty sure there were no TVs when I was born - at least not easily accessible for a family) what I am always surprised at is how much has happened in the last 1/2 of my lifetime. This isn't going to be another list of things like kids don't know what a cassette deck is... I just wanted to give some perspective.

DRM – big brother or savvy marketing

Perry — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:15:50 +0000

I fall on the side of the argument that thinks of e-books as similar to paper books. If I pay you for it, I should be able to lend it to whoever I want and read it on whatever reader I have.