All Discussions Tagged 'on' - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T10:56:46Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=on&feed=yes&xn_auth=noNeed Advice on Publishing Offertag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-03-09:537324:Topic:3337922012-03-09T22:49:06.497ZJed Powerhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JedPower
<p>I need advice on a publishing proposition.</p>
<p>Ramble House has offered to publish my first novel "The Boss of Hampton Beach" as a trade paperback, hardcover and ebook. Gavin O'Keefe would do an original cover. </p>
<p>The publisher has explained that there would be no advance and they do no marketing or promotion. I could be involved in the process as little or as much as I like.</p>
<p>All their titles are on Amazon, stores for Create Space, Lulu, etc. Also a web page for each book…</p>
<p>I need advice on a publishing proposition.</p>
<p>Ramble House has offered to publish my first novel "The Boss of Hampton Beach" as a trade paperback, hardcover and ebook. Gavin O'Keefe would do an original cover. </p>
<p>The publisher has explained that there would be no advance and they do no marketing or promotion. I could be involved in the process as little or as much as I like.</p>
<p>All their titles are on Amazon, stores for Create Space, Lulu, etc. Also a web page for each book at Ramble House site.</p>
<p>I recognize some names--Ed Gorman, Gary Lovisi, Dick Lupoff.</p>
<p>I haven't heard much from other agents or publishers. I don't think it says anything about the quality of my writing because almost none have seen anything but a one-page query.</p>
<p>Any advice would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Jed</p>
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<p></p> Pace of Reading on an E-readertag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-05-23:537324:Topic:2908692011-05-23T01:51:27.604ZBenjamin Sobieckhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenjaminSobieck
<p>If you've got a farncy e-reader, do you find you read faster or slower? Do you read more books now that you have one?</p>
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<p>Everything I've heard is that this is the case. True, no?</p>
<p>If you've got a farncy e-reader, do you find you read faster or slower? Do you read more books now that you have one?</p>
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<p>Everything I've heard is that this is the case. True, no?</p> You Ever Get Burned Out on Your Own Book?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-05-16:537324:Topic:2895292011-05-16T02:53:03.958ZBenjamin Sobieckhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenjaminSobieck
<p>I think I may have. I started writing a post on my blog about the characters in my crime novel, "Cleansing Eden."</p>
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<p>This came out instead:</p>
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<p><em>I</em>t's easy to get burned out on a novel, especially one that took as long to write as "Cleansing Eden." Five years of hard writing, editing, querying, waiting and repeating.<br></br><br></br>This blog post was going to go over the main characters of the novel. I was going to explain their motivations, quirks and backgrounds,…</p>
<p>I think I may have. I started writing a post on my blog about the characters in my crime novel, "Cleansing Eden."</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This came out instead:</p>
<p> </p>
<p><em>I</em>t's easy to get burned out on a novel, especially one that took as long to write as "Cleansing Eden." Five years of hard writing, editing, querying, waiting and repeating.<br/><br/>This blog post was going to go over the main characters of the novel. I was going to explain their motivations, quirks and backgrounds, plus some classic quotes. I'd review the younger man, the older man, June and the celebrities. <br/><br/>But it's not. I'm "done" with the novel for right now. After five years of thinking about these characters, it's tough to revisit them.<br/><br/>That isn't to say I've turned my back on the novel for good. Far from it. When I was the projectionist at a movie theater, I thought the smell or sight of popcorn would forever put my guts on the floor. Never again would I place "butter topping" over some inverted kernels.<br/><br/>You know what? My wife and I still get popcorn every time we go to the movies. I'll heat some 'corn in oil for home movie night, too. I just needed time to get nostalgic about my time shooting film at 10 screens.<br/><br/>That's the same concept behind my avoidance of "Cleansing Eden." I stared at those pages for so long, I need a break.<br/><br/>I've been focusing on sending out reviews for the book, which I don't mind. I've also developed the Maynard Soloman character for a series of short stories I plan to publish through Trestle Press. The first installment, a collaboration with Giovanni Gelati, is due out this month. It's called, "Who Whacked the Blogger?" It's crime fiction, but with a humorous bent. It clocks in at a light 6,000 words - a length I didn't think I could write effectively.<br/><br/>Of course, I'll eventually burn out on the cantankerous Maynard Soloman. I'll get that fire in my belly for "Cleansing Eden" or the next novel, "Green Shoots." Maybe something else will come up, too. I'm finding this brave new world of e-books is moving fast. This is shaping up to be the most productive year of my writing life.</p> B&N Takes on the iPad with NOOKcolortag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-10-28:537324:Topic:2544642010-10-28T17:43:57.582ZBenjamin Sobieckhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BenjaminSobieck
Barnes & Noble's new incarnation of the Nook looks a lot like an iPad. Check it out here: <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nookcolor/index.asp?cds2Pid=30919">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nookcolor/index.asp?cds2Pid=30919</a><br></br><br></br>What do you think? I'll reserve my opinion for when I can tell if it has e-ink technology or is an LCD. I don't like LCD screens for extended reading. E-ink, which is basically the same thing an Etcha-Sketch uses, is much easier on the eye. Despite all…
Barnes & Noble's new incarnation of the Nook looks a lot like an iPad. Check it out here: <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nookcolor/index.asp?cds2Pid=30919">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nookcolor/index.asp?cds2Pid=30919</a><br/><br/>What do you think? I'll reserve my opinion for when I can tell if it has e-ink technology or is an LCD. I don't like LCD screens for extended reading. E-ink, which is basically the same thing an Etcha-Sketch uses, is much easier on the eye. Despite all the nifty features, I'd still use an e-reader to read books more than anything else.<br/><br/>Some new things it appears they've added:<br/><br/>• Reading is more amazing than ever on our stunning 7-inch VividView™
Color Touchscreen. NOOKcolor uses best-in-class technology to display<br/>
more than 16 million colors and an extra wide viewing angle for personal<br/>
or shared reading.<br/><br/>• NOOKcolor is the first reading device to offer all your newsstand
favorites in rich, full color. From Us Weekly and Elle to The New York<br/>
Times and The Wall Street Journal - NOOKnewsstand delivers your morning<br/>
paper and latest magazines right to your NOOKcolor, ready to read in an<br/>
amazing new way.<br/><br/>• Visit any Barnes & Noble store with your NOOK in hand and enjoy an
array of special offers through our More In Store™ program. Get FREE<br/>
Wi-Fi® while you're there and read entire NOOKbooks for FREE for up to<br/>
one hour per day with our innovative Read In Store™ feature.<br/><br/>• Swapping books with friends has always been a big part of reading and
NOOKcolor makes it even easier and more fun to do. For the first time on<br/>
NOOKcolor, Barnes & Noble's exclusive LendMe™ App lets you lend AND<br/>
borrow favorite books from friends - all with just a few simple<br/>
touches.<br/><br/>• For the first time, enjoy hundreds of kids' picture books with our
state-of-the-art NOOK kids reading experience. Exclusive Alive Touch™<br/>
technology lets your child interact with words and pictures, easily find<br/>
a favorite story, even have it read aloud. Enjoy classic favorites and<br/>
the most popular new releases.<br/><br/>• On-the-go web access is easy with NOOKcolor's built-in Wi-Fi®
connection. Check your email or visit your favorite websites. NOOKcolor<br/>
goes beyond reading and helps you stay connected. WOW! Did anyone else catch opening epsode of "Life on Mars"tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-09-08:537324:Topic:2493592010-09-08T11:18:25.695ZHallie Ephronhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/HallieEphron
Last night we watched the opening episode of a series, originally from the BBC, on public television "Life on Mars." John Simm is brilliant, truly brilliant playing a detective who gets hit by a car and (is he in a coma or is it for real) ends up in 1973... I was breathless by the end. Whooping and hollering at how perfect the ending was. It was one of the most stunning TV dramas I have ever seen. I gather it won lots of awards and American producers tried to remake it here but it…
Last night we watched the opening episode of a series, originally from the BBC, on public television "Life on Mars." John Simm is brilliant, truly brilliant playing a detective who gets hit by a car and (is he in a coma or is it for real) ends up in 1973... I was breathless by the end. Whooping and hollering at how perfect the ending was. It was one of the most stunning TV dramas I have ever seen. I gather it won lots of awards and American producers tried to remake it here but it failed.<br/>As I said, Wow! <br/> Avoiding a flashback/backstory--how do I--?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-08-26:537324:Topic:669372007-08-26T15:34:57.628Zcarole gillhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/PhyllisDietrichson
...show some back story that I want the reader to know about?<br />
For instance, I love the way my heroine and her love interest (a main character) met and fell for each other right away (yes I believe in love at first...it happened to me!) so how do I tell the reader about this past history of theirs without a flash back? A few lines of some meaningful memory? what say you all?
...show some back story that I want the reader to know about?<br />
For instance, I love the way my heroine and her love interest (a main character) met and fell for each other right away (yes I believe in love at first...it happened to me!) so how do I tell the reader about this past history of theirs without a flash back? A few lines of some meaningful memory? what say you all? Homage to the video internet muse...tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-07-18:537324:Topic:557492007-07-18T17:43:20.850ZLois Karlinhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/0lkarlin1
Today, flushed with the success of several recent internet forays on behalf of my novel, I posted a blog entry at Women of Mystery (<a href="http://www.womenofmystery.net/2007/07/its-not-news-to-you-all-im-well-aware.html">http://www.womenofmystery.net/2007/07/its-not-news-to-you-all-im-well-aware.html</a>) about how essential internet videos have become to me for writing scenes.<br />
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If it's something you haven't tried, it's so easy. Just use a Google Video search, or simply google 'video, heart…
Today, flushed with the success of several recent internet forays on behalf of my novel, I posted a blog entry at Women of Mystery (<a href="http://www.womenofmystery.net/2007/07/its-not-news-to-you-all-im-well-aware.html">http://www.womenofmystery.net/2007/07/its-not-news-to-you-all-im-well-aware.html</a>) about how essential internet videos have become to me for writing scenes.<br />
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If it's something you haven't tried, it's so easy. Just use a Google Video search, or simply google 'video, heart transplant...or 'video, bugle plays taps' or whatever your fancy.<br />
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I've found clips on anything and everything, providingly amazingly pertinent details. There's no substitute for being there, of course (in a video you can't smell the smoke or feel the heat from the fire), but when you're immersed in a scene and don't want to lose momentum - or get up off your behind - and your mind's eye is murky on some essential detail...it's incredibly helpful to have sight and sound details at your fingertips.<br />
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- Lois<br />
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Lois Karlin<br />
<a href="http://www.womenofmystery.net">www.womenofmystery.net</a>