Archive for January, 2009

Book Market Plunges

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

By Al Kalar

Publishing suffered through one of its worst years ever in 2008.

October through December showed a 7% drop in sales compared to 2007 and all of the major houses cut back on staff drastically.

The publishing industry is also being convulsed by longer-term trends, including a shift toward digital reading (eBooks). (more…)

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7 Tips for Good Story Development

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

by Al Kalar

I was re-reading a great “how to” book from Ben Bova called The Craft of Writing Science Fiction That Sells*.  This book was a great help to me when I was getting started as a writer.

In the book, Mr. Bova gives us the following list of tips that can be applied to just about any good fiction: (more…)

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