Patricia Landy – Owner of Crystal Publishing
You are your own worst enemy when it comes to editing. There's a psychological term for this that escapes me right now, but it boils down to mind games. Your brain will look at errors and automatically correct them or fill in the blanks. Can You Read This? by Chris McCarthy (Study@ecenglish.com) I cnduo't bvleiee… Continue reading What does an editor do?
How to I start? Typically, you pitch an idea or send a query letter before you write an entire manuscript that may or may not be accepted. Don't pitch to a company that doesn't accept unsolicited manuscripts. Don't pitch a romance to a company that specializes in mystery or a children's book to a company… Continue reading Tips for First-time Authors
You might start out with a plan, but after you write a while, your writing can take on a life of its own and lead you down another path. Don't despair. "[T]hat’s the great thing about fiction. We use it for entertainment, and we also use it to explain and understand our lives. We only… Continue reading Are Your Dreams of Being Hemingway Dissolving? Don’t Despair!
Jodie Archer had always been puzzled by the success of The Da Vinci Code. She’d worked for Penguin UK in the mid-2000s, when Dan Brown’s thriller had become a massive hit, and knew there was no way marketing alone would have led to 80 million copies sold. So what was it, then? Something magical about… Continue reading Does Your Book Follow the “Code”?
If you have written a manuscript wherein you created original characters, plot development, and theme, that manuscript belongs to you and should be cited in a book by the copyright symbol. Should you require more protection, you can register that copyright. However, in most circles, copyright is respected. Even an editor cannot significantly change the… Continue reading Copyright: What Do You Own?
Where is your book? The most honest answer involves a tidy arrangement of piles and piles of manuscripts. You're in there somewhere! So how do you move to the top? The top of the pile often depends on genre. If I'm looking for diversification in my catalogue, I'm looking for something different. Are you different?… Continue reading Where’s My Book? The Mystery behind the Publishing Process
Yes, that says 2018, and the list keeps growing. We welcome all ideas and manuscripts. Unfortunately, we cannot publish them all at once, but we do think ahead for the next year. #crystalpubs2014 Currently, we are looking for children's books that explore and celebrate diversity; YA books on current topics; adult fiction and non-fiction. Children's… Continue reading Call for 2018 Publications
Algorithms Could Save Book Publishing—But Ruin Novels Jodie Archer had always been puzzled by the success of The Da Vinci Code. She’d worked for Penguin UK in the mid-2000s, when Dan Brown’s thriller had become a massive hit, and knew there was no way marketing alone would have led to 80 million copies sold. So… Continue reading Can You Really Predict Sales?
First of all, thank you all for the tremendous number of excellent quality manuscripts we have received. Because we are a small publishing company, we try to pick our projects carefully. We are happy to announce the 2017 selections have been made. Our goals for the 2017 publishing round are to continue with the series, to… Continue reading Congratulations on Publication
Once all but left for dead, is cursive handwriting making a comeback? - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com I have spent hours combing through fonts to find something for children. I was first alerted that cursive was no longer taught when I sent a handwritten note to a 10-year-old. Finding the right fonts that do no… Continue reading Cursive is Alive?
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