Comments for Jason Blacker http://jasonblacker.com Author, Writer, Poet, Artist & Renaissance Man Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:47:28 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on How To Write A Murder Mystery Novel And Get It Published by SiriusBlack http://jasonblacker.com/how-to-write-a-murder-mystery-novel-and-get-it-published/#comment-45 SiriusBlack Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:47:28 +0000 http://jasonblacker.com/?p=70#comment-45 Useful, practical and to the point. Thanks! Useful, practical and to the point. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Why I Decided to Make My Book Unpublished on Amazon and Take it off Their Shelves by Rainy Kaye http://jasonblacker.com/why-i-decided-to-make-my-book-unpublished-on-amazon-and-take-it-off-their-shelves/#comment-27 Rainy Kaye Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:36:42 +0000 http://jasonblacker.com/?p=120#comment-27 Situations vary from author to author, but this post is worth consideration. I don't think Amazon et al are trying to dictate the market so much as the fact there's many authors, so the person with the money (the reader) has more control. Thanks for sharing. :) Situations vary from author to author, but this post is worth consideration. I don’t think Amazon et al are trying to dictate the market so much as the fact there’s many authors, so the person with the money (the reader) has more control.

Thanks for sharing. :)

]]> Comment on Fellow Writers – Please Stop Allowing Book Review Sites to Rape you Blind by toni noel http://jasonblacker.com/fellow-writers-please-stop-allowing-book-review-sites-to-rape-you-blind/#comment-26 toni noel Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:13:56 +0000 http://jasonblacker.com/?p=134#comment-26 When I belonged to the Federated Woman's Club I read 50 Pulitzer Prize Books to reach a certain rank in their book section. I'll always be glad I did. Toni Noel When I belonged to the Federated Woman’s Club I read 50 Pulitzer Prize Books to reach a certain rank in their book section. I’ll always be glad I did.

Toni Noel

]]> Comment on How to Write a Novel Step by Step from First Word to 6 Figure Sales by Jason http://jasonblacker.com/how-to-write-a-novel-step-by-step-from-first-word-to-6-figure-sales/#comment-22 Jason Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:23:12 +0000 http://jasonblacker.com/?p=117#comment-22 Great tips Kristina. I write almost solely on the computer, but I think for busy folks like you, a pen and paper and/or dictaphone are great assets to encourage continued writing wherever you are. Great tips Kristina.

I write almost solely on the computer, but I think for busy folks like you, a pen and paper and/or dictaphone are great assets to encourage continued writing wherever you are.

]]> Comment on How to Write a Novel Step by Step from First Word to 6 Figure Sales by Kristina Stanley http://jasonblacker.com/how-to-write-a-novel-step-by-step-from-first-word-to-6-figure-sales/#comment-21 Kristina Stanley Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:23:00 +0000 http://jasonblacker.com/?p=117#comment-21 I thought the first part of your post, where you are joking a little bit, is very important. Making time to write and sticking too it is the best way to produce words. I write on the computer, on paper, and by talking into a digital recorder. This way, even if I don't have chair to place said bum, I have not excuse not to write. I thought the first part of your post, where you are joking a little bit, is very important. Making time to write and sticking too it is the best way to produce words. I write on the computer, on paper, and by talking into a digital recorder. This way, even if I don’t have chair to place said bum, I have not excuse not to write.

]]> Comment on Dear Reader; Really, You Read the Book and You’re Gonna Get a Refund? by Jason http://jasonblacker.com/dear-reader-really-you-read-the-book-and-youre-gonna-get-a-refund/#comment-17 Jason Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:35:30 +0000 http://jasonblacker.com/?p=96#comment-17 Hi Kelly, Thanks for that tasty morsel ;) I didn't know that at all. Very interesting. I'd like to know what that would mean for author payments. Do you have a link to a source for that? Best, Jason Hi Kelly,

Thanks for that tasty morsel ;) I didn’t know that at all. Very interesting. I’d like to know what that would mean for author payments. Do you have a link to a source for that?

Best,

Jason

]]> Comment on Dear Reader; Really, You Read the Book and You’re Gonna Get a Refund? by Kelly DeWitt http://jasonblacker.com/dear-reader-really-you-read-the-book-and-youre-gonna-get-a-refund/#comment-16 Kelly DeWitt Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:54:14 +0000 http://jasonblacker.com/?p=96#comment-16 Speaking of "library" have you seen that Amazon is thinking of turning the eBooks into a lending library a la Netflix? Wonder what that will mean for author payments? Speaking of “library” have you seen that Amazon is thinking of turning the eBooks into a lending library a la Netflix? Wonder what that will mean for author payments?

]]> Comment on Dear Reader; Really, You Read the Book and You’re Gonna Get a Refund? by Scott Morgan http://jasonblacker.com/dear-reader-really-you-read-the-book-and-youre-gonna-get-a-refund/#comment-15 Scott Morgan Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:44:27 +0000 http://jasonblacker.com/?p=96#comment-15 I agree with you, Jason. I guess it's just the writer's version of "unfair things we have to put up with." Good (if infuriatingly true) post. I agree with you, Jason. I guess it’s just the writer’s version of “unfair things we have to put up with.” Good (if infuriatingly true) post.

]]> Comment on Dear Reader; Really, You Read the Book and You’re Gonna Get a Refund? by Jason http://jasonblacker.com/dear-reader-really-you-read-the-book-and-youre-gonna-get-a-refund/#comment-13 Jason Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:52:08 +0000 http://jasonblacker.com/?p=96#comment-13 Good points TC. I think it is poor form. But it takes all kinds I guess. Good points TC. I think it is poor form. But it takes all kinds I guess.

]]> Comment on Dear Reader; Really, You Read the Book and You’re Gonna Get a Refund? by TC http://jasonblacker.com/dear-reader-really-you-read-the-book-and-youre-gonna-get-a-refund/#comment-12 TC Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:20:44 +0000 http://jasonblacker.com/?p=96#comment-12 I was going to say I'm amazed anyone would ask for a refund because they didn't like a book, but actually I'm not, some people just try their luck. Personally would never dream of doing it, especially as you can use the sample to get a feel for a book. The only time I might ask for a refund was if I'd paid a decent price and it was poorly proofread, never just because I disliked it. Caveat emptor, like you say. I was going to say I’m amazed anyone would ask for a refund because they didn’t like a book, but actually I’m not, some people just try their luck. Personally would never dream of doing it, especially as you can use the sample to get a feel for a book. The only time I might ask for a refund was if I’d paid a decent price and it was poorly proofread, never just because I disliked it. Caveat emptor, like you say.

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