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So Three Musketeers?

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:20:05 +0000

Okay, so the last one was just made in the 90s. And so dozens of movies, plays and the current books have borrowed the theme liberally. But I think it’s time for another Three Musketeers remake. There are plenty of young actors right now who would make The Three Musketeers incredibly watchable. And can you have too many remakes of Three Musketeers. Granted movie versions of books have a tendency to be terrible and movie remakes even worse, but still, I wouldn’t an attempt.

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Great lines from Shakespeare: one little word

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:08:16 +0000

From Bolingbroke, Richard II

KING: Uncle, even in the glasses of thine eyes I see thy grieved heart. Thy sad aspect Hath from the number of his banished years plucked four away. Six frozen winters spent, return with welcome home from banishment.

BOLINGBROKE: How long a time lies in one little word! Four lagging winters and four wanton springs end in a word: such is the breath of kings.

GAUNT: I thank my liege that in regard of me he shortens four years of my son’s exile.

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Sarah Palin gets a book deal

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:39:22 +0000

Everyone wants a piece of Sarah Palin. And she wasn’t even on the winning ticket! In the past week or so, she was offered $2 million for an exclusive in an adult film. Then it was rumored that she was offered a part on Desperate Housewives. And today the word is book deal. Apparently she is getting a $7 million dollar book deal.

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How to Sell Books Three Years Later

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:00:10 +0000

Hard to believe my book has been in self-published limbo hell for over three years now, but that’s the way it is. On a positive note though, I am still making the occasional sale to the occasional new person who comes across me. Here is what I’ve learned from this. For the roughly hundred or so hours of soul-wrenching, absolutely free writing you put out into the world, you will make approximately one book sale. Some of these sales will make you a decent amount of money. $12 or so, yay! Some will make you about $1. Suck.

So, my advice for selling your books today. Write for free and hope someone takes pity on you.

That is all.

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Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:23:02 +0000

That’s right. Read it in high school. Didn’t love it.

Tried to read it again recently. Still didn’t love it.

In fact, not only do I not love this novel. In high school, I never got through it. I copied a friend’s homework when we had to fill out the reading sheets about the book.

This time around, I made it a lot further, but at roughly page 100 I started skimming.

I simply don’t find the old man’s battle with the sea and the great fish all that interesting.

Want to.

Don’t.

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Will There Be a Movie Sequel to Eragon?

admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:35:42 +0000

Most people know that 2003’s Eragon was not Christopher Paolini’s only novel. It ended with a cliffhanger, or at least it was intended as a cliffhanger for those people who were able to get into the book in the first place. The sequel to Eragon, Eldest, was released in 2005, and the third book in the series, Brisingr, was released in September of this year.

So, like the Harry Potter series, will the other books be released in film versions as well?

As of now, it looks like the answer is no. Whether or not movie rights would be offered for Eldest was supposed to be based on the success of Eragon. Eragon wasn’t well-received by the masses and, unless something changes, its sequels will never see the light of day.

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To Wordpress or not?

admin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:02:49 +0000

When you are ready to do your website for your book or your publishing company you will have a lot of decisions. You will wonder if you need a blog. The answer is yes. Most sites do have blogs these days. And then you will wonder how to go about that.

Some sites just link out to a free blogspot blog. Other use Wordpress. And some use Moveable Type or another platform. Although I think it goes without saying that Wordpress is the standard. And it is super easy to use. So, if you can, you should really think about going with Wordpress for your blog.

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Michael Crichton dead at age 66

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:36:30 +0000

Wow, this is some sad news. Author Michael Crichton apparently passed away. He was age 66. And he died of cancer. And that is odd cause I had no idea. I mean, you would think you would have heard that. I mean he IS the Jurassic Park author. You can read more on Yahoo.

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Baker & Taylor: Always slow to pay

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:36:17 +0000

If you have started your publishing company, you will have to find distribution. Now you can sign up with a distribution company. That is if you can find a distributor that will take you. And they will take part of your profit. Or you can deal with that headache your self. If you decide for that, one of the places you will be selling your books to is Baker & Taylor. Why? Because most libraries buy through them. And in my experience they are always slow to pay their invoices. So that is something to keep in mind.

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Using the internet to sell books

admin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:41:30 +0000

You know, while you are trying to think of places other than book stores to sell books there is something you want to consider. You want to try to use the internet to sell books. And not just in the traditional sense. Take all of the people that start blogs and end up getting book deals.

Some blog to book examples are Indexed, Zen Habits, Waiter Rant, Stuff White People Like, PostSecret and the I Can Haz Chezburger people (or however you misspell that).

People are also using YouTube to create some effective viral marketing for their books. The opportunities are limitless.

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