Flexibility: Finding New Markets

For several years, we hosted high-school exchange students in our home. The surprising thing was the ongoing friendships that continued for many years. One European family, in particular, have been friends and it’s interesting to see the students finish college and begin careers. The son, especially, has an interesting attitude: he wants to be flexible [...]

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Memoir of a Successful Book Trailer in Six Words
by guest Lisa Gottfried of DigitalWeavers.com
NOTE: Lisa did the editing for my retreat video. She spoke at the San Rafael conference and I was interested enough to try her services, for which I paid. This is an invited guest post and she speaks here as a professional [...]

Upswing

Children’s Books Beating the Recession?
What’s the state of children’s publishing?
Harold Underdown, The Purple Crayon website, has reported on the economic turmoil in publishing of late 2008 and into early 2009.
Publishing, especially books for kids, is on the upswing? So say a couple of postings:

JIll Cocoran, Literary Agent at the Herman Agency pulls out quotes from [...]

3 Ways Writers Survive Slow Times

Yesterday’s news was sad: PW has learned that Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has asked its editors to stop buying books.
NOTE: News has filtered down that the buying freeze applies to adult imprints, not the children’s imprints.
How Can Writers Survive in Slow Times
In light of our sluggish economy, how can writers still pay bills — make [...]