Tag: publishing
member name: Anthony Samuel P.
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October 10, 2007 09:28 AM EDT --
By Anthony S. Policastro
Talk about being specific, I found one agent who is so specific as to the type of manuscript he is looking for, it is as if you were sitting next to him and having a cup of coffee. . . .
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August 17, 2007 12:08 PM EDT --
Ever since I read David Morrell's fascinating article Lessons from a Lifetimeof Writing on Backspace I couldn't get the question out of my head, whydoes anyone write?
He basically says . . .
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February 16, 2009 03:30 PM EST --
By Anthony S. Policastro
Sometimes you just want to smack someone on the side of the head and say, “What sa madda wit you!”
This is how I feel about the Authors Guild claim that . . .
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June 27, 2007 04:05 PM EDT --
By Anthony S. Policastro
After my interview with first time novelist Patry Francis, author of The Liar's Diary, I realized that she like many hopeful writers has gone through similar experiences. . . .
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January 21, 2008 02:09 PM EST --
By Anthony S. Policastro
I recently read in The New York Times Rachel Donadio's essay on how Elie Wiesel's NIGHT, a Holocaust memoir, was rejected by 15 publishers, ignored . . .
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January 06, 2008 01:08 PM EST --
If you have a blog and would like to help fellow writer and gather member Patry Francis fulfill a lifelong dream, please help us support her by mentioning her in your blog and encouraging readers . . .
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March 03, 2007 10:36 AM EST --
By Anthony S. Policastro
Ok, after several months or years of hard work, your novel is complete. You’ve proofread it several times, your spouse, relatives, friends, and maybe some professionals . . .
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April 25, 2007 10:51 AM EDT --
Ever wonder what literary agents prefer: an email or snail mail query for your novel or manuscript? I’ve expanded my earlier article, “Desperately Seeking an Agent” and have interviews . . .
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February 01, 2008 08:40 PM EST --
I just received this email from Karen Dionne of Backspace and one of the wonderful people who helped organize THE LIAR'S DIARY BLOG DAY on Tuesday, Jan. 29.
"In the end, very nearly 400 . . .
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June 18, 2009 05:40 PM EDT --
By Anthony S. Policastro
Simon & Schuster will now sell its most popular titles as eBooks on Scribd.com . Great news! A major publishing house is going digital.
But they are doomed to . . .
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January 01, 2008 09:27 PM EST --
I've noticed there are lots of articles in writer's magazines and on blogs about getting back to writing now that the holiday season is winding down.
Yes, Virginia, it is a busy time, but . . .
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September 16, 2008 08:12 AM EDT --
I t's been ten days since I last heard from Jake Stone, and now I'm thinking t h is whole thing wa s a farce. Maybe one of my friends pulled it . . .
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June 02, 2009 10:58 PM EDT --
By Anthony S. Policastro
The New York Times reported over the weekend that Google has announced that it will sell ebooks to consumers - competing directly with Amazon.
The Times reported, . . .
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September 24, 2008 11:04 PM EDT --
The next thing I remembered was being violently pushed forward and the tightening of the seat belt on my shoulder and chest. My head hurt and I'm thinking how I could . . .
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October 11, 2009 02:22 PM EDT --
I would like to share this interview with Henry Hutton, a good friend of mine who is helping revolutionize the publishing industry with his self publishing agency, Publish and Sell Enterprises. . . .
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February 04, 2009 01:48 PM EST --
By Anthony S. Policastro
The Jenkins Group, an independent publishing services company, says four out of five people they surveyed said they believe they have a book to write. Even fewer . . .
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August 29, 2009 12:42 AM EDT --
By Anthony S. Policastro
I recently attended a friend of mine's book launch and signing at a local coffee house here in Raleigh, NC and I found it highly successful. Martin Brossman , the . . .
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February 25, 2009 02:13 PM EST --
I thought I would share this interview on my novel Absence of Faith from A Book Blogger's Diary.
Anthony S. Policastro is the author of two novels, and a freelance writer with articles . . .
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July 28, 2009 11:44 PM EDT --
By Anthony S. Policastro
My newest book, Dark End of the Spectrum has received several reviews and they have caused me to nearly fall off my chair when I heard them.
When I finished writing . . .
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September 05, 2008 08:31 AM EDT --
You wo n’t believe this, but after I arrived home from work yesterday my phone chimed – a text messa g e from Jake Stone, the alleged CIA, NSA operative I mentioned in my previous post , Clande . . .
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