Monday, November 16, 2015
Breeze Marturell Interview!!
I've published an in-depth Q&A interview at Smashwords.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
FINDING MY AUTHOR VOICE
Speaking to my fellow author, Delia Goldadler Joison, Argentinean writer with seventeen books published on Amazon, the edition of our books, came up. Since we are auto published authors, edition is part of our job too.
The risk of “over edition” however, shows up when we are editing. We want
our books to be perfect. Of course. But if we are not careful in the process of
auto-edition, could end somehow “mutilating” the creativity, the author voice.
So, don´t worry about how immaculate and perfect your prose can be. I
mean, of course the typos and the grammar errors must be corrected. Beyond
that, my opinion is that our books, once finished, have some kind of “life”.
If you come back to one of your books, years later, a new edition
process can be initiated. But your perspective now would be undoubtedly different.
That’s why a new version of your book is the most probable result.
I told Delia about a perspective that a singer shared with me several
years ago. Between millions of singers, where the ninety percent have the main requirement:
a good voice that allows them to be in the final round on a talent contest,
only a few highlight. My friend said that “a good voice” was an important
requirement. But having a unique style was essential. A highlighted voice,
stood out in the crowd.
Clearly, the example can be applied to the book publishing world. Famous
authors always had stood out by a unique style. And it’s possible to recognize
this “trademark” in each book they publish.
Between million of voices, your “author voice” will be remarkable if
your style is not “mutilated” in the auto-edition process. Don´t worry. Only
has to follow your instinct. It is the most powerful signal.
Monday, October 12, 2015
ARE WE, AUTHORS, ISLANDS?
The old concept of the author far from the real world, surrounded by
wonderful stories, voluntarily isolated to maximize his creativity. Very
romantic. Yes, sure. In the nineteen century.
Authors had evolved and now one of them is in front of his computer, tipping
while receiving a notification in the task bar: a new email from Amazon KDP on
the top of the inbox. “Good! The payment of the royalties from
last month arrived” In the browser, the twitter extension announces that
a follower replied to one of his tweets. His fingers stop. "I must see it". Then, he realizes his essay about the civil war is not finished yet. "Focus,
focus".
And I am talking only about the virtual distractions. It's hard to
concentrate and feel inspired at home, with kids running around and a husband /
wife demanding attention.
So, the concept of being an island is pretty attractive. I am sure that authors from nineteen century
could hardly deal with one single day of a XXI
century author's routine.
The social media can be overwhelming but is also necessary. Actually, I
believe that modern authors have additional skills, and in a few years we'll
develop an extra hand as a consequence of this evolution process.
I am not talking literally, of course, but the pressure will be easy to
manage as much as we adapt to this technological world.
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Friday, April 17, 2015
Moon & Ocean No Barriers, pre order available
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Thursday, April 2, 2015
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Reflections on 2015 for the auto published authors: The keyword is community
During the past six
months I have learned a lot about self publishing. Actually, it was an unknown
world for me. Besides entering this large community of writers, the dynamic is
pretty impressive. Its growth can be perfectly touchable. Twitter has been the perfect
showcase where publishers and authors have the opportunity to exhibit their
works. It has been a revolution. The stereotypes changed 180 degrees. It has
changed the way people read. The way people acquire books. The marketing
possibilities are endless. I truly believe one hundred years from now, this
particular part of history of the planet will be remarkable. A good moment for
culture. A good moment for anybody who
want to express themselves through writing.
But the work ahead is
comparable to climb a high mountain. The road is clear, however, we, the auto
published authors still need to manage challenges in a big scale. The
difference is we have resources and a growth community, helping to make it
easier.
Thanks to all my
followers for your support in 2014. I hope, sincerely, continuing this path in
2015, and you will be the first to know about the good news as soon as they
happened.
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