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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Publishing by Terri Bruce Part 5  Here's the final installment of the 5 part series.  I hope you enjoyed our look into indie publishing and Eternal Press.  If you haven't already, make sure to stop by Dean C Rich's page The Write Time for the first half of the interview.  If you just started here, looking for the Blog Ring of Power  interviews  check back to the beginning of the week for more .  To find each link and read the entire two pronged 5 part series start with Dean C. Rich's blog The Write Time Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Then head over to my blog and start with  Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 and lastly stop by here.  Thanks so much for reading this information packed series on Publishing. We will start on a recap of what Terri had to say on Part 1.  I am thrilled to be here today to talk about navigating the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of publishing. Many, man...

We've been talking about Eternal Press and the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Publishing with Terri Bruce. Eternal Press had a questionable P&E rating, and Terri had answered as to why she still went with them. To read that first click here . Join us on Dean C. Rich's blog The Write Time for more on Terri's thoughts.   Okay, but what about predatory practices such as charging "kill fees," not paying advances, and paying royalties on "net sales"? Publishing is a funny business. A small press that doesn’t pay an advance is labeled as predatory while an entity like Random House, which is currently involved in litigation centered on its claims that older publishing contracts, written before the advent of e-books, include the right to publish e-books of those works (without additional compensation to the authors), is not. Some things that have been labeled as “predatory” practices simply are things that vary from the large press way of doing t...

This is part 3 of the 5 part series with Terri Bruce: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of Publishing Be sure to check out Dean C. Rich's blog The Write Time for more on this by Terri Bruce Why did you choose to work with Eternal Press despite their P&E rating? Several things stood out to me when I researched Eternal Press—the first was that anything negative said about them on various sites was said more than two years ago (they have since changed ownership), there was an equal number of people defending them, and all of their authors that I spoke to (and I spoke to quite a few) had only good things to say about EP—the publication process (including the dreaded cover art process) had been smooth/trouble free, they were happy with the quality of their final product, they got their royalty checks on time, and were thrilled with the amount of ongoing marketing and distribution support they got. When I received the offer, I had the opportunity to speak with the CEO an...

This is part 2 of the 5 part series on this blog. To find out more about this go to Dean C. Rich's blog The Write Time for more Terri Bruce on Indie Publishing A publisher is rated "not recommended" by Preditors and Editors—doesn't that mean they are a vanity press? The insinuation that vanity presses are somehow a scam is somewhat old-fashioned and I’d like to see it go out of use all together. A vanity press is one where the author pays to have his/her work produced. In essence, self-publishing is vanity publishing. The term comes from the idea that these types of publishers will take anyone who can pay the fee (which is true), and, by extension, that authors published this way are of lesser quality (which is not necessarily true). I’m going to keep my fingers and toes out of the debate about whether or not self-publishing and “vanity pressed” pubbed authors are “real” authors or not. But I will say this: “vanity publishing” can be a perfectly reasonable ...

Part 1 Researching Publishers: Do you need an Agent? This week it has been decided, with the help of my fellow Blog Ring of Power host Dean C. Rich, to give you a series on Indie Publishing in the eyes of our BRoP creator Terri Bruce.  Between Dean's blog The Write Time and right here on the Realms of a Fantastical Mind we will talk about Publishers.  Let's  dispel  some myths shall we.  Take it away Terri. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Publishing  by Terri Bruce I am thrilled to be here today to talk about navigating the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of publishing. Many, many wonderful people helped me on my road to publication—sharing information, resources, and their experience—and I jumped at the chance to do the same when Emily and Dean offered me the opportunity. With so many indie presses, conflicting information, and scam artists out there, Dean and Emily asked me to stop by and talk about what...

Welcome  to the  Blog Ring of Power interviews,  Jessica Khoury!  It's great to have you visit the Realm with us! For those who have stopped by here first, be sure  to check out the rest of her interview at these BRoP sites: Part 1 — About You ( Dean ’s blog ) Part 2 — The Writing Life ( Terri ‘s blog) Part 3 — About Your Current Work  ( T.W.' s blog on Friday)    Part 5 — Words of Wisdom ( Sandra ’s blog on Monday) Jessica is 22 years old and was born and raised in Georgia. She attended public school followed by homeschooling, and earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Toccoa Falls College. She lives in Toccoa, Georgia with her husband Benjamin, two terrible dogs, and an abundance of books, shoes, and sweet tea. When not writing, she’s usually directing stageplays or coaching soccer. ORIGIN is her first novel. Section #4: About Jessica's Current Work BRoP:   Tell us about your new book and when it is out? ...