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Dana King Coming Soon
The lecture that rocked Bouchercon Albany is now in print by popular demand. "Follow" this blog to get an email alert the minute it's up.
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Dana King – Writing the Private Eye
If you’re seeking expertise on the PI novel, it makes sense to ask a Shamus Award nominee. (For the uninitiated, PI stands for Private Investigator, or Private Eye.) You’ll want someone well versed in...
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BESTSELLER METRICS—How to Win the Novel Writing Game
“It’s Moneyball for novelists.” —Dan Kelly Promotional poster for the movie of how Sabermetrics revolutionized baseball. The system was invented by Bill James when he worked as a night security guard...
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Novel Structure from a New Angle
I’ve coached hundreds of writers on their novel manuscripts. The same writers who nail dynamic characters and lustrous prose sometimes need a little more time at the workbench when it comes to...
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Bestseller Metrics Released
Watch me on video. “Look inside this book” on Amazon. I hate flogging, so I’ll leave it at that. The book is selling well with the little publicity it’s had so far, and a mystery film crew (which I’m...
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Elaine’s Big Shoot
On Thursday I’ll be shooting a lengthy interview with the Author Learning Center. They discovered Bestseller Metrics all on their own and contacted me about being a “featured expert” on their site (if...
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Elaine’s Big Shoot – Part 2
Even though the Author Learning Center is taping my interview in a rather glamorous setting, they want it relaxed and not too formal. Believe it or not, the picture below is the valet parking area of...
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Book Distribution News
I was thrilled to hear that a librarian in the the great state of New Jersey had already ordered Bestseller Metrics: How to Win the Novel Writing Game. But when I hopped over to Amazon, the sale was...
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Steve Hodel – Homicide Detective, Black Dahlia Murder
Elizabeth Little, new prez, Mystery Writers of America, holding her first thriller DEAR DAUGHTER, which has gobbled up first-novel awards. Thanks to the wonderful hospitality of Elizabeth Little,...
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Jonathan Brown’s Boxing Novel Pay$ Off
A Dealmaking & Dollar$ post When an impressive publisher of biographical fiction needed a writer who could turn in a muscular, sports-savvy manuscript on the life of boxing legend Angelo Dundee,...
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John Gwinner – Bestseller Metrics Chief Technology Officer
I am pleased to announce that possibly the best candidate in the universe has partnered with me to develop Bestseller Metrics software/hardware technology. John Gwinner is a CTO/VP of...
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TWENTY-EIGHT MINUTES into the FUTURE with Chrome Oxide
Some writers are so ready for the next level that an editor just has to breathe on them and they make the leap. That’s the way I’d describe Chrome Oxide. Chrome Oxide and Elaine Ash in Los Angeles,...
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Entrepreneurs Who Inspired Me – Part 1
As a freelance book editor and inventor of Bestseller Metrics, I think of myself as an entrepreneur. I wanted to post about the small business pioneers who’ve lit my path, so to speak. Annie Turnbo...
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Elaine’s New Deal
The ink is drying on my contract. The official announcement will come after PR polishes the wording, but I’m bursting with the news NOW, so here goes. On May 15th, 2018 the good people at The Author...
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New Technology for Novelists Only
Go directly to ScoreIt! Go directly to ScoreIt! Go directly to ScoreIt! Want to try it? Please email me with any questions. CLICK HERE for an article on my partnership with Inkubate. Leading a...
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