by Jodie Renner, editor, author, and speakerThis week's critique is of the first page of a mystery thriller. Here's the opening to the novel:The smell woke him first—a spicy, rancid arousal—follo...
REGIONAL WRITERS’ WORKSHOPS Today, I’m highlighting some notable, exciting, regional writers’ workshops or smaller conferences, all of which feature top-notch instructors who are leaders in the f...
by Jodie Renner, editor & authorFollow Jodie on TwitterGone are the days when fiction readers were willing to read pages of description and lead-up before being introduced to the characters and th...
by Jodie Renner, freelance editor and craft-of-fiction writerSo far in this series of critiques of the first page of a novel or short story, I've introduced the series, then critiqued the first p...
Jane Friedman has published an excellent breakdown of all the avenues now open to author to publish their books, from fully assisted traditional publishing to self-publishing with no assistance from c...
by Jodie Renner, freelance editor and craft-of-fiction writerToday I'm continuing my Wednesday feature in which I critique all or part of the first page of a novel, anonymously. You may also want to c...
Here's an excellent article I just came across, by Russell Blake. A very comprehensive, down-to-earth, smart plan for selling a lot of books.Here's the beginning:"Over the last week, because of m...
by Jodie Renner, editor & author, @JodieRennerEdToday I'm continuing my new Wednesday feature, where I critique all or part of the first page of a novel, anonymously. Click here to read ...
New York magazine won the top prize for both its print and digital coverage at last night's presentation of the National Magazine Awards. It also won for best cover for its November 12 "The City...
Rogers Media is changing its advertising sales structure to reflect an integrated, client-centred approach, according to a story in Marketing. A client can now talk to one Rogers person or team about ...
CAmagazine, a perennial b2b prizewinner, comes out on top in this year's list of nominees for the Kenneth R. Wilson awards for business-to-business publications. From nearly 600 individual entries, CA...
Paul and Audrey Grescoe have been named the winners of the Western Magazine Awards Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award. It is the first time that a couple have been so honoured."Legendary ...
“In traditional media, the Internet was always used as a marketing tool for the print product and we’re trying to reverse engineer that.We’re primarily online because it gives us an opportunity to uti...
The good news, according to the AAM's 2012 digital publishing survey, is that magazines are taking the lead in using technology to produce feature-rich content. The less good news is that 73% of apps ...
by Jodie Renner, editor and craft-of-fiction writerToday I'm starting a new feature, which I plan to run every Wednesday. I'm critiquing the first page Red indicates words I have added, plus comments ...