by Jamie Chavez | Mar 23, 2015 | Authors & Other Writers, Creativity
A few weeks ago I saw this on Twitter—“Inspiration is for amateurs. Real writers write.”—and (as we say in the South) it just about made me lose my religion. Meaning it made me so furious I ranted about it on Facebook. What in the world is this person talking about?...
by Jamie Chavez | Aug 21, 2014 | The Book Biz
Perhaps it’s because Amazon is refusing to sell certain traditionally published books and those authors are feeling the pinch, or perhaps it’s just a lot of self-published authors truly realizing how much work it is to market a book—but the air seems full of...
by Jamie Chavez | Jul 3, 2014 | The Book Biz
Social media, that is. This summer I’m updating some of my older posts while I spend time writing new ones. So let’s have a look at some new, interesting information you might find useful. ✱ Twitter I definitely have a love-hate relationship with Twitter; I’ve written...
by Jamie Chavez | Feb 17, 2014 | The Book Biz
Recently a young writer with whom I’d worked some time before entered a contest that changed her life (I wrote about Natalie here). Her success brought to my attention the phenomenon of the “pitch contest,” in which unagented writers are invited to pitch a manuscript...
by Jamie Chavez | Jan 18, 2014 | The Arts & Media
We were just talking about using Twitter as a marketing tool, so I want to bring two “last words” to your attention. The first is from literary agent Chip MacGregor, who offers ten thoughts on the effectiveness of social media. He had me at “Don’t...