by Gina Ardito | Mar 23, 2011 | Advice Whether You Want it or Not, Mid-Week Rude Awakening
One of the things you’ll hear often in the publishing world is that it’s an “incestuous” business. What exactly does this mean? It means that yesterday’s editor at House X could be today’s editor at House Y, an agent at Z Agency, or...
by Gina Ardito | Mar 16, 2011 | Advice Whether You Want it or Not, Mid-Week Rude Awakening, Writing and authors
There. I said it. Too often a writer becomes so involved with her manuscript, the faults are no longer visible. An author who allows normal common sense to flee when the spotlight falls on her latest creative work has switched gears from Writer to Mommy....
by Gina Ardito | Mar 9, 2011 | Mid-Week Rude Awakening, publishing secrets
The publishing waters are teeming with sharks. These days especially, anyone with a laptop, a printer, and access to photo images can launch a publishing site. So how do you tell the good guys from the bad? What’s a good risk vs. a bad risk? Depends on what...
by Gina Ardito | Mar 2, 2011 | Advice Whether You Want it or Not, Mid-Week Rude Awakening, RWA, Writing and authors
Welcome to a new feature here at Flights of Fancy where I’ll attempt to slap you silly with reality in the writing world. Or at least, my version of reality. Feel free to disagree or dispute my arguments in the comments and I’ll be happy to join any...
