Archive for October, 2005

New Links

(Warning: Shameless plugs ahead!) I’ve put up some new links, most importantly the one to www.mynewcompany.com where you will find out everything you need to know about starting your own business and www.postwritersgroup.com where you will find out everything you need to know, period.

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Out of Catchy Titles For the Moment

As I go through the process of revising LIB, I can’t help but ask myself if there is a place in today’s women’s fiction market for a wealthy heroine whose main romantic dilemma is that her dude doesn’t like that she has so much $$$? So if you’re one of today’s women and you […]

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Marketing…or Lack Thereof

I’m starting to notice a disturbing national trend. It goes like this:
Los Angeles, CA: Young, hip, modern women find out I’ve had a book published. They ask about it. I explain. They claim to be avid readers, yet seem surprised to learn that there’s an entire market of fiction that’s written almost exclusively for young, […]

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What’s Going On

I apologize for the lack of posts lately, I’ve been so caught up in trying to get a job that I haven’t much felt like doing anything else except lie around and wonder why I couldn’t get a job. Anyway, now I’ve got a job so I guess instead of lying around I’ll go work […]

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Amanda’s Blog

I changed the name of my blog to reflect my current mode of creativity. I didn’t like my other blog name, anyway, I only chose it because it was the first thing that popped into my head the day I signed up on Blogger. So there you have it. Just the basics. […]

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Even More Humbled

So this morning I was sent by one recruiter to meet with one of her colleagues at another branch of their company. At which point a good discussion ensued about: why any employer should trust me when I left my last job after only seven months, why any employer should trust me to stay in […]

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