Interesting Authors Blog

Passing It On

Recently Oliver wrote about an artist who mentors other starving/struggling artists. It was a nice piece. I would like to expand on that topic a bit. By and large authors are a territorial bunch. This is my baby, mine, mine, mine. Nobody is going to write it but me! For…

Roland HughesOctober 9, 2016September 23, 2017

Publishing

The Long Tail Effect

As a writer, or an aspiring writer, you no doubt have heard people speak of “the long tail.” Many of you probably thought they said “the long tale” meaning some form of epic novel. This is a topic one cannot really cover or fully understand until they come to terms…

Roland HughesOctober 2, 2016September 22, 2017

Fiction Publishing

The Rewatchable Factor Pt 1

By and large we are conditioned by the film industry to believe only things with massive budgets are worth watching. I will be the first to admit such films have a high rewatchable factor. This would be the reason FX glommed onto the Marvel comic book movies and some other…

Roland HughesSeptember 18, 2016September 22, 2017

Fiction Society

Do You Sanitize History or Let the Chips Fall

Over the Labor Day weekend PBS ran a Downton Abbey marathon and, of course, a pledge drive. During one of the interruptions people were commenting on how the show strode for accuracy of the period in dress, manner and character. There are any number of groups who might well have…

Roland HughesSeptember 7, 2016

Experience Fiction Stories Technology

Challenge Your Beliefs – Pt 9 – Marketing Pt 2

Please read parts 7 and 8 before reading this. In the first section on marketing I told you how best to use Usenet Newsgroups for research and to obtain reviews. I even mentioned something called a SIG. You need to have a SIG set up for whatever method you use…

Roland HughesAugust 28, 2016September 17, 2017

Experience Fiction Stories

Challenge Your Beliefs – Pt 8 – Usenet Pt 2

Please read part 7 before reading this. Last time I tried to stress the use of Usenet Newsgroups for both research and marketing. They are quite possibly your best source of both finding obscure information and obtaining potential reviewers/customers. There are also some things the naive need to be aware…

Roland HughesAugust 21, 2016September 17, 2017

Experience Thank You Sir May I Have Another

The Search for a Worthwhile Hydrant

Living on a farm exposes one to opportunities for enrichment city folk just don’t get. This past Thursday I got to help my brother replace three hydrants across two different farms. These are barnyard hydrants, not those things firemen use in the city. By help I mean he stayed above…

Roland HughesAugust 20, 2016September 14, 2017