Author Archives: Marion Jensen

For various reasons, I’m changing my current book (Almost Super) from a YA novel to a middle grade novel. This entails dropping the characters’ age, as well as the number of pages. It got me thinking… There are certain guidelines … Continue reading →

I came across a tweet from Pyr Books today that illustrates part of what I see as the problem with the current publishing model. Pyr tweeted the following: “Agents, please stop telling me your client’s book is “unlike most other fantasy … Continue reading →

Well, my kickstarter campaign has ended. I finished with almost $3,000 raised of the $5,500 I needed. And while technically it was a failure, I learned some valuable things. If any of you are thinking of starting your own kickstarter … Continue reading →

I’ve steered more of my posts on writing to my other blog, http://marionjensen.com Make sure to update your Google reader or RSS feed. I wish there was some easy way to do a re-direct, but I haven’t had the time … Continue reading →

As it happened, Scott Adams wrote a post about content and authors on the same day I wrote my last piece. He predicted the end of the traditional author. I’m a big proponent of e-books, the open model, and other … Continue reading →

Good write up in the Wall Street Journal on e-books. Many, many examples of people making it without publishers. My favorite quote is from Karen McQuestion who spent almost a decade submitting her book to New York publishers, then gave … Continue reading →

E-books are bringing big changes to the publishing industry. Whenever e-books are discussed, publishers like to remind people that the actual printing of a book is a very small piece of the overall cost of the book. They remind us … Continue reading →

Number of runners/walkers/bikers I saw – 51Number of dogs I saw- 8Number of dogs I saw making a doo doo – 2Number of owners I saw cleaning up after their dogs – 0 THE JORDAN RIVER PARKWAY IS NOT YOUR … Continue reading →

It appears that Barnes & Noble is about to enter the self-publishing world. This summer B&N will be launching PubIt, a service that will allow anybody to upload their work, convert it to the ePub format, and sell digital copies through B&N … Continue reading →