by amiemccracken | Jul 1, 2014 | books, editing, reading
I had the pleasure of attending the London Book Fair earlier this year. Not only was it an amazing opportunity to meet a lot of authors, I also had the chance to look at the industry and get a feel for where this publishing world is moving. I attended a lot of...
by amiemccracken | Nov 30, 2012 | books, writing
I’m going to start with a bit of an explanation about publishing books. At the top of the ladder are what we call the ‘Big Six.’ These are the mainstream publishers: Hatchette, Macmillan, Penguin, Harper Collins, Random House, Simon & Schuster.Then we have the...
by amiemccracken | Jul 5, 2011 | writing
I’m querying my first novel. I’ve sent only three queries so far, but I have one rejection. I’m so elated with the query process right now that I’m actually happy to have a rejection because it means someone looked at my stuff! So when I post a...
by amiemccracken | Mar 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
I found this video through The Design Notebook. I can’t stop watching it. Make sure you watch the whole thing even though it may cause some anger or frustration. If you don’t get angry or frustrated, stop watching. It won’t have an impact on you if...
