Tag Archives: Red Pen of Doom

Weekly Writers Round-Up: Week of Oct. 8, 2012

Posted on October 15, 2012 by chrisdevlin

On Writing Writer Kait Nolan on Western Steampunk, on her blog. Ugh, What Do I Write About? The Struggle for Ideas, by Janice Hardy over at The Other Side of the Story writers blog. Publishing John Scalzi, being all reasonable … Continue reading →

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Weekly Writer’s Round-Up: Week of 3/25/12

Posted on April 3, 2012 by chrisdevlin

Marketing Red Pen of Doom’s Guy Bergstrom on Media Strategy and name recognition. Self-publishing phenom Amanda Hocking: “A lot of authors tend to over market or they don’t take criticisms very well.” Via GalleyCat. Children’s and YA hardcover sales up … Continue reading →

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Weekly Writer’s Round-Up; Week of 11/20/11

Posted on November 27, 2011 by chrisdevlin

My best of the web for writers this week. Hope it’s helpful. Social Media From the Red Pen of Doom guy, who’s name is actually Guy (Bergstrom), on Why Blog Hits DON’T REALLY MATTER. From writer Christina Katz: Platform and … Continue reading →

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Twitter and Selling Books: My Response to the Red Pen of Doom Guy

Posted on November 13, 2011 by chrisdevlin

A few days ago, a blog post was linked on the social networks I follow; could have been the twitter, could have been the book of face, was probably both. It definitely was NOT the New York Times or a … Continue reading →

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