Anne R. Allen's Blog... with Ruth Harris
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by Anne R. Allen A lot of writers—even established ones—are taking a second look at self-publishing right now. Only a couple of years ago, self-publishing—especially for memoir and fiction—was equated with the grumpy-geezer rants and bored-housewife fantasies of “vanity publishing.”. Serious writers were told self-publishing was the direct route to a dead-on-arrival career. Predatory outfits […]
by Anne R. Allen You know how everybody keeps telling you to keep sending out those queries in spite of all the rejection? How it pays to persevere? And the only way to fail is to give up trying? Now I have proof they’re right. You’re never too old for success. My nearly 89-year-old […]
by Anne R. Allen There’s a new fiction genre in the publishing world: “New Adult.” This means books for single people 18-30. According to author S. Jae-Jones’ recent blogpost it includes most of the hipper literary works of the past couple of decades, plus the now defunct (just whisper it) chick lit. Her list […]
