It seems so simple: Something interesting and noteworthy happens to you, you have gained wisdom and insights from it, and you decide to tell your story to the world. It’s your story, right? You’re allowed. Well…sort of. We all know that memoir can be sticky, with releases and the need to get those pesky facts […]
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Publishing Notes from the Lucky Bat Books Team We’re approaching the end of a year, beginning of a new one, and what did we learn in 2012? What’s going to matter in 2013? It takes a team—a highly professional and accomplished team—to create a successful Lucky Bat Books. When Cindie and I (Judith) started, we had
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by Judith Harlan. We wrestled with the where’s and how’s of publishing to just the foreign market for one of Janis Ian’s popular books, Society’s Child: my autobiography, which we put out last month. Here’s what we’ve done, so far, and more importantly, what we’re still considering doing. First off, you have to know that
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by Julie Ricks. In a word, EVERYONE. In my previous incarnation as an office worker, I had many opportunities to review resumes, usually at the behest of my immediate supervisor. They would have me pare down the stack to eliminate those unqualified, or, in some cases, illiterate. I remember one resume that came on neon
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by Jessica Santina. “Show, don’t tell.” That’s the advice your English teacher used to give you. But similar to “write what you know,” this sort of sage advice has the flavor of the bland and too-worn anymore. What the heck does that mean, anyway? Here’s what: What if I said to you, “My daughter is
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by Cindie Geddes. Yes, writing is an art. It’s a passion, a dream, a calling. But it’s also a business. And for most of the last 50 years, it’s been a dysfunctional one. Until recently, writers had few options when it came to bringing their books to the readers. They could 1. Self-publish, which meant
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Society’s Child—The autobiography behind Janis Ian’s 2013 Grammy for Best Spoken Word. Janis Ian began her career as a singer-songwriter in the 1960s with “Society’s Child.” In 1975, she won her first Grammy Award for the self-penned song, “At Seventeen”. She won her second Grammy in 2013 for her reading of Society’s Child: My Autobiography, in audiobook.
by Louisa Swann. I’ve heard several responses, everything from “What do you mean, whose head am I in?” to “I make sure every character has the opportunity to play the point of view character.” Okaaay. Maybe I should amend the question from “Why should I care?” to “Why should I care enough to do it
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by Julie Ricks. So you’ve sweated over your manuscript for 9 weeks, 9 months, or 9 years, and finally, finally, you are ready, with trepidation, to hand over your baby to an editor. You’re sure they’ll find a couple of typos, I mean, after all, no one is perfect. Perhaps you used a colon when
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by Judith Harlan. We have lots of discussions here at Lucky Bat Books over the difference between the ebook and paperbook reading experience. We’re all pretty sure we know what paperbook reading should feel like; we’ve been reading paper books all our lives. (Maybe the last generation to do so? But that’s another blog.) As
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