Anne in the comments mentioned that an entitled fan had made a mess of themselves on Nora Roberts blog. So I went to look. You’re looking for the commenter named Debra. She explained to Nora Roberts how publishing works. OMG, I can’t even. I can’t. New goal in life: Don’t be Debra.
Disney Refuses to Pay Alan Dean Foster
Disney is attempting to do something really underhanded. Quick background on how things work. Let’s say a hit movie is being released. A writer is hired to write a novelization of it. The movie comes out, the book is published, and then the parent company that produced the film and hired the writer pays royalty
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Flowers and Candy
Avon sent us beautiful flowers. The card reads: Not long ago, Jeaniene Frost also sent me flowers with a card for secret reasons. Here is what that card. Also someone sent us Russian candy. Thank you so much. The candy was delicious! Dear BDH, please do not send candy! We have no self-control. We mean
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Post-Release Brain
To give you an idea of what it’s like to write after the release week. For reasons of COVID and other factors, we have to finish Ryder as fast as possible, so I am not getting the few days off I needed. Here is how bad things are. Nick worried me. Years ago, before Nick
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Komer, Kohen, and OMG
Hi! I don’t know if you already know this and you did it on purpose or something, but I’m from Israel and I speak Hebrew as my first language, and I wanted to let you know that in Hebrew komer/kmarim is specifically only a priest of the christian church, and a priest for every other
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Giving Up Before the Finish Line
I’d be interested in your views on the concept of authors giving up on series without completing them. At the end of the day an artist’s work is their own and if they don’t want to write further books in a particular series they don’t have to (unless they are under contract to a publisher
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Work work work
I’ve got this amazingly tone deaf email this morning offering us writing advice on Ryder. Heh. Today is just one of those days. Yesterday Kid 2 moved to Austin in the middle of protests so it was a stressful day. Today the electrician looked at our flood issue and said he can’t do anything until
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Plagiarism and other fun things
I saw this today and thought of your reference to fan fiction recently. Would love your take – is it harder for young writers to get established in a popular genre if the tropes lend themselves to appearing like plagiarism? How does one determine copyright if the ‘original’ fiction was fan fiction to begin with?
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Social Media and Academic Marketing
I was hoping you could help guide me on an academic question. As part of my summer project work with my professor, I am involved in developing a marketing plan for his new book on business management. Your blog has been a wonderful resource to get insights into the publishing world for fiction writers. It
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We Have to Leave the House
We have to go out today on an unavoidable errand, so we are a bit behind on our work. We are half-way through the next Ryder scene so it will posted either tonight or tomorrow morning, so please don’t obsess checking the website. Wish me luck.
Still Brain Dead
I’ve tried to write the whole last week and no go. Partially, I don’t know what to work on. I keep trying things and none of them pan out. Iron Covenant II is really dark in parts and it’s too dark for right now. Roman is in the same boat. I don’t want to work
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Emerald Blaze Edits Are Done
OMG, it’s over with. It’s done, it was sent to our editor last night, and pheew. Done. Things I have done now that the horrible terrible edit is over. Drank Blue Tea Colored hair. It is now not an awful color. Resolved coworking crisis. Took pictures of pets. Today I might actually play the new
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