Articles from the SomeplacElse Blog
I just finished the fifth edit of my book. This was the final edit before it goes to press next month. I payed two different professionals $250 and $500 to review my book for content and structure. But even after making all their changes and corrections I had...
Writers and other story tellers have an additional responsibility during this Western culture Holiday season. It is up to us to convey the real spirit of the season to the ever growing throng of people who just don't get it. It's always been hard, very hard but...
When you are exploring the various ways to publish and market your book there is a tendency to get lost in the minutia and forget about what's really at your core, writing. Writers need to write, at least I do. The business of publication is important but I didn't...
On a site called speculations.com you will find many many resources and opinions for and about writing. The section that caught my eye is titled Caveat Scrivener. I have been carrying on a discussion about the lopsided profit model in the publishing industry that...
In my book Herb is a very minor character portrayed as a diplomat seeking sanctuary SomeplacElse. In my life the real Herb had a significant influence on the formation of my character. Herb passed on last week and today's entry is dedicated to him: There was a time...
First I heard from the Mac Users...What about me? Apparently neither dnaml DesktopAuthor nor Flip Publisher Enterprise are capable of delivering a downloadable 3d page turning e-book to a Mac...Additionally Apple has no equivalent software. The folks at dnaml have...
I have been working with some great folks at Dog Ear Publishing for the last 2 months. By February I should have my hardcopy book in my hot little hands. I offered to pay them more to get it out by Chrsitmas, but they recognized their limitations and refused the...
Amazon's grand experiment in replacing paper with bytes has begun. They are selling the Kindle ebook reader for $399, but they don't have any right now (hmmm...Tickle me Elmo marketing?) Anyway, they are offering published works for less but still giving the publisher...
I was thinking about the writers strike when I went to a writers conference this past weekend. According to Saturday Night Live's weekend update, the average pay for a regularly employed writers guild member is about $200K a year... Now, unlike most authors, I would...
Hello, my name is B.L. Lindstrom. I'm a writer. I wrote a book. Then I set out to get it published and made into a movie and/or television series. I mean, why not? I can dream. Shoot, let's put it on Broadway too. The world is full of people waiting to sell you...