Selling Out or Making a Sell (Part 2) by Dyanne Davis

This week, we continue with Part 2 of Dyanne Davis’ article, Selling Out or Making a Sell. Be sure to check out Part 1 of Selling Out or Making a Sell if you haven’t already and definitely share your thoughts! Part 2 – Selling Out or Making a Sell by Dyanne Davis Let’s move it a bit past the super explosive to the not as explosive. The manner of publication also garners much attention and sadly I might add with each group thinking they’re a bit better for whatever reason: For not making concessions, for doing it themselves. For not giving up knocking on doors until a mainstream... 

Selling Out or Making a Sell (Part 1) by Dyanne Davis

Happy New Year, everyone!  I hope you had a really wonderful holiday. Here’s to the best possible year for all of us! This article is about the little concessions that most writers make to have that contract that we all crave—to see their work in print.  How do we as writers view the choices we make?  How do the readers view them? This is an opinion piece. But it’s also a topic I’ve wanted to broach for several months. Seriously, it has taken me longer to write this article than it has to write a book. I’ve rewritten it so many times because I’m fully aware of the implications of... 

Writing for the Short Market by Dyanne Davis

Hello RAW family, In the past months I’ve been researching where to send shorter pieces of fiction.  I’ve decided it’s time to find out more about markets that would pay for our work.  I began with purchasing the newest edition of  Novels and Short Stories Writers Market.  It wasn’t until I reflected on my own work that I’d already began my journey into short stories. Several years ago while at the RWA National Conference in Atlanta an Amazon representative  gave a talk and told all about Amazon Connect where you wrote a prequel or sequel to your novel that was available on Amazon.... 

Writing Secrets by Dyanne Davis

Hello RAW family, Hopefully you know me well enough by now to know I’m pulling your leg. If not I hope you know the publishing business well enough to know there are NO secrets, just timing, luck good writing and perseverance.  That said I will give you some tips that I have received from interviewing authors, agents and editors.  Most recently, I interviewed the managing editor of Red Sage for my cable television show.  I tried to ask her questions I thought you’d want the answers to. As soon as it’s edited I plan to put a clip on youtube. As for the tips below, just remember I’m not... 

How to Better Your Chances at Winning Writer’s Contests by Dyanne Davis

Hello RAW family, It seems every time I have a subject that I plan to write an article about something pertinent happens and it changes my article idea.  This month I’m going to talk to about entering contests.  This article, I promise, will be short sweet and to the point. In the last few weeks I’ve heard many writers state they’d entered RWA chapter contests and received horrible scores. Some of that has to do with writers attempting to enter contests, specifically a romance contest with material that is obviously not romance.  I’m sorry if you don’t want to... 

Publishing Contracts: Part 3 by Dyanne Davis

Welcome to Part 3 of the Publishing Contracts Series. Before you begin reading the clauses listed below that I think you should try to have in your contract with publisher remember that before writing became my career I was a nurse not a lawyer.  That little statement is my disclaimer.  The information I’ve listed below fall under the category of Dyanne’s personal opinion. But Dyanne has good reasons for the opinion.  I’m going to no doubt repeat this but don’t worry it bears repeating.  Please, have a lawyer read over any contracts you’re presented with.  Then... 

To Critique or Not to Critique by Dyanne Davis

Hello RAW family.  I thought I’d switch it up and not talk about contracts for the moment.  That gets pretty boring even to me.  What I decided to talk about was being the member of a critique group, having a friend read your work and give a critique or have a stranger read it and do likewise.  As always what I write is my opinion and not a rule. So how about if we do it this way.  I’ll give you some good and bad points about critique partners. There was a time I had three critique partners.  I think we helped each other to figure out plot points, things that weren’t working... 

Publishing Contracts: Part 2 by Dyanne Davis

I hope while I was gone you all had a productive week. Did you have any questions about that contracts I posted? Hmm. Probably.  Well I’m going to go over a few points that I think are important.  Just remember this: Talking with my agents and lawyer does not make me a lawyer.  I’m a writer/nurse. While the things I say may be based on the facts as I know them to be, you should always have a lawyer look them over for you. (That disclaimer sure made me sound like a lawyer didn’t it? LOL) First off you really need an intellectual property attorney. What is Intellectual Property? Intellectual... 

Publishing Contracts: Part 1 by Dyanne Davis

Most of you aren’t familiar with me, so I’ll introduce myself.  My name is Dyanne Davis and I’m a romance author.  I also write a vampire series under F. D. Davis. I’m thrilled to be participating in this new venture that Tee is doing.  For many years I didn’t think I’d learned enough to be of any help to anyone else.  I know think there are things we can all share with each other. With such a diverse group of writers and readers in the RAW family it’s hard to decide what to provide for this first issue. So, I decided to go with the one thing that I...