It’s been an interesting week with JK Rowling being discovered as the real writer behind the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Here are a couple of pieces of news that affect indie writers, a commentary by Chuck Wendig about indie bookstores, and then a little Jane Austen sprinkled at the end. Smashwords Offers Pre-Order Distribution: If there’s one thing that indie authors have been clamoring for, it’s been for a pre-order function so that readers can purchase a book before it comes out at Apple iBooks, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo. Not only does it treat indie writing as the same as traditionally published authors, it also aids in pushing books and writers to higher numbers. On the Smashwords blog, they list several benefits such as…
Jenn Falls – My Writing Journey
Posts tagged “Jane Austen”
“If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” ~Toni Morrison I am lucky. I’ve been a reader all of my life. Libraries were magical places for me. And my bedroom was my reading landscape for writers from Dr. Seuss to Shel Silverstein to L.M. Montgomery, and eventually to my own set of Tolkien. When graduating from high school, my beloved high school English teacher anointed my head with the prediction of me becoming an English teacher despite my insistence of becoming a sports therapist. She won, and I still have the grammar books she bequeathed to me on the spot. I don’t think that you have to be a great reader to…
Falls Into Writing 