LIVE Webinar with Tiffany Yates Martin "The 10 Biggest Mistakes Writers Make"

Tiffany Yates Martin

Sisters in Crime International has a new live webinar with development editor Tiffany Yates Martin on  "The 10 Biggest Mistakes Writers Make"

Date: Tuesday, April 23
Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m. EDT
Where: ONLINE. Link will be e-mailed prior to the event.

Presenter: Tiffany Yates Martin

 $FREE for all members and non-members

Register at this link:
https://www.sistersincrime.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1220963

All registered attendees will receive a separate e-mail from Crowdcast with log-in information prior to the event.

Overview:  No matter how experienced you may be, no matter how talented, it’s impossible to gain perfect objectivity about your own work—so it’s no wonder there are certain missteps almost every author may make at one time or another.

You can learn to readily spot the common mistakes that may be keeping your story—and your writing—from being as effective and compelling as they can be. Find out how to check your own work for these trouble spots, and how you can address them and make sure your story stands out. This practical, accessible workshop can take your writing to the next level.

About Tiffany Yates Martin: 

AIn her 25+ years in the publishing industry, developmental editor Tiffany Yates Martin of Foxprint Editorial has been privileged to help hundreds of authors, from New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestsellers to up-and-coming authors, tell their stories as truthfully, compellingly, and effectively as possible. She works directly with authors as well as through major publishing houses. She's led workshops and seminars for conferences and writers' groups across the country and is a frequent contributor to writers' sites and publications.

http://www.foxprinteditorial.com
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Twitter: @FoxPrintEd

How Do Libraries Choose Their Books?

So how do libraries stock their shelves with all those tens of thousands of books -- and now ebooks and audio books, too?

The New York Times has just published a fascinating story about how the New York Public Library chooses all the millions of books on its shelves.

For many books, it's a bit of a formula. All James Patterson books get chosen.  So too with John Grisham, Danielle Steele and Nora Roberts.  A few copies of almost all titles issued by major publishers Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan Publishers, Hachette Book Group and HarperCollins Publishers are chosen, but in lesser numbers than the best-seller names.

The process also involves sometimes taking a chance.  The Library ordered a dozen copies of Angie Thomas' first novel, The Hate U Give, before it was released. The book became an acclaimed best-seller. Now the New York Library has 400 copies -- and 200 copies on order of soon-to-be released second novel.

And as for self-published books, the New York Library even has a smattering of them.

Here's the link to the New York Times article, "How the N.Y. Public Library Fills Its Shelves (and Why Some Books Don’t Make the Cut)" CLICK HERE. 

For writers and readers alike, it's an interesting behind-the-scenes read.