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| EPISODE61 - What's a Novelette Heard 292 times Size in stories ... short story, novelette, novella ... a primer about what they are, and their pros and cons for writers who want to get published and win awards ... |
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| EPISODE60 - Navigating Your Collaboration Heard 299 times Although I'm no big fan of collaborating, some writers are, so here's a primer on avoiding the pitfalls and getting the most out of your collaboration with other authors. |
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| EPISODE59 - Agent or Lawyer? Heard 420 times You have an editor interested in publishing your work - are you best represented in contract negotiations by a lawyer or an agent? Episode 59 of Ask Lev explores the pros and cons of each. |
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| EPISODE58 - How Important Are Personal Contacts Heard 338 times Does it help to meet your potential editor in person? Will meeting editors who can publish your work make it more likely that they will buy and publish your writing? The answer is yes. Episode 58 of Ask Lev explains why and how. |
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| Can You Publish the Same Story More than Once? Heard 615 times The ins and outs, the do's and don'ts, of reprints, for short stories and articles ... protecting your rights so you can get them ... payment for reprints ... difference between reprints and multiple submissions ... |
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| How Can Google Docs Help You As a Writer? Heard 478 times Google Docs lets you access your writing from any computer, allows co-writers and editors to read or work on your writing, can be quickly accessed when you're on the Web ... and it's free! |
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| How to Get Your Book on Television Heard 519 times Being invited on television to talk about your book is not the only way an author can get his or her book displayed on the air to potentially millions. This episode provides advice on another avenue to TV exposure. |
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| How Can Twitter Help You As an Author? Heard 508 times a brief primer on the ways that Twitter can help authors at all stages of their careers |
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| How To Keep Your Music Alive and Kicking, Part 1 Heard 449 times Twice Upon a Rhyme, my 1972 LP, will soon be available on iTunes. This is Part 1 of the story of how it got from there (1972) to here (2009). Or, how to keep your music alive and kicking. |
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| Hoe Does It Feel to Have a Book Published, Part 9 Heard 532 times There's a signpost up ahead ... next stop on the New New Media booktour: Second Life |
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| How Does It Feel To Have a Book Published, Part 8 Heard 566 times New New Media becomes available in a less-expensive Kindle edition, that readers can order and receive on a moment's notice. The pros of the Kindle for the author (there are no cons). |
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| How Does It Feel To Have a Book Published, Part 7 Heard 490 times Part 7 of this series looks at the help your blog can give to your newly published book. If it's nonfiction, you can use your blog to keep your readers up to date - your book will never grow old. |
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| How Does It Feel to Have a Book Published, Part 6 Heard 486 times Off to Philadelphia on Wednesday, Sept 30, to talk about New New Media, and do a signing at the UPenn Bookstore, 3601 Walnut St., at 7:30pm (btw, if you're in town, come on by)... this episode tells you what you need to know about going on the road with your book tour... |
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| How to Read a Royalty Statement Heard 543 times Decoding the entries on your royalty statement - after all, as they say, it's your money. By the way, congrats on earning royalties! |
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| How Does It Feel To Have a Book Published, Part 5 Heard 509 times The Neiman Marcus inaugural signing of New New Media ... CNN International interview ... Kojo Nnamdi and Bob Mann interviews |
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| How Does It Feel To Have a Book Published, Part 4 Heard 459 times My New New Media was just officially published two days ago - what does that mean? And I discuss a new video trailer for the book. |
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| How Does It Feel To Have a Book Published, Part 3 Heard 459 times the importance of radio interviews to authors |
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| How Does It Feel to Have a Book Published, Part 2 Heard 499 times August 25, 2009: 10 days till the publication of New New Media on September 4, and I woke up this morning to find New New Media mentioned in an article in the New York Times. How did my name and the name of my book come to be mentioned in the "newspaper of record"? How can you get your new book mentioned in your local paper? |
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| How Does It Feel to Have a Book Published, Part 1 Heard 533 times 16 days and counting to the publication of New New Media by Penguin Academics - I'll take you step by step through the publication and after of my latest book... |
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| What Should I Do About My Copyeditor? Heard 660 times First, congratulations. If you have a copyeditor, that means your book is being published. But you need to make sure the copyeditor edits your manuscript in a style that you like, rather than vice versa... |
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| Should I Work Current Events into my Fiction? Heard 1001 times The perils of putting current events into your fiction. |
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| I Have an Idea: Short Story or Novel? Heard 1983 times Most people think that ideas have inherent lengths when you put them on a screen or page ... some are short story length, others are novel length. I say that most ideas can suit either length, and it is up to the writer to decide which length the writer prefers to pursue. |
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| What are advances to authors? Heard 1302 times Everything you need to know about publisher advances to authors - in a six-minute primer, that takes you through the advance process, step by step. What are advances? How big should they be for your first novel? Do they need to be repaid? Are there any downsides to getting big advances, or any advance payment against your author's royalty? Paul Levinson is author 5 novels and 8 nonfiction books. His latest novel is The Plot to Save Socrates - details at http://theplottosavesocrates.com - which Entertaintment Weekly said was "challenging fun"... |
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| Do You Really Need An Agent? Heard 1109 times a frank look at the pros and cons of getting an agent to represent your work |
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| Whether to Write a Sequel Heard 912 times the pros and cons of writing sequels ... |
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| How Can YouTube Help You as an Author? Heard 959 times Authors can reach a whole new audience by putting their video clips on YouTube. This episode of Ask Lev gives you a primer. |
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| What Are Multiple Submissions? Heard 900 times How long should an author wait, after submitting a story or article or novel to a publisher, before submitting the same to another publisher? Answer: until the first publisher has made a decision, or until you withdraw your submission. Simultaneous or multiple submissions of the same work to different publishers can ruin your reputation as a writer. |
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| OJ, Tea, or Wine - Best Writer's Libation? Heard 1003 times energy, sharpness, or relaxation - what is the best liquid lubricant to good writing? |
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| How Long To Rewrite? Heard 941 times Authors spend minutes to decades reworking a story ... I recommend getting it out as quickly as possible ... but if do like to rewrite, remember that however much you may rework a piece of writing, it will never be perfect ... and until it's out there in the world, no one will know it exists... |
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| What Is Sudden Writing? Heard 878 times When an idea for a story, an article, or a blog post strikes you, should you go with this sudden impulse to write ... or think it over? I say go go it, and this lightning fast episode tells you why .... |
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| What Were the Best TV Shows This Year? Heard 877 times Just in time for the season finales - a special Ask Lev discussion of 24, Dexter, Heroes, Lost, Rome, and The Tudors ... |
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| How Important Are Titles? Heard 975 times Very important ... but, authors very often do not have final say about the titles of their books ... Find out who does in this episode ... AND: LISTEN FOR A SPECIAL CONTEST, AND OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FREE COPY OF ONE OF MY NOVELS, by telling me its original title... |
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| How Important Are Booksignings to an Author? Heard 972 times They will not make you a bestselling author, but they are a great way to meet your readers, and maybe get a few devoted, long-lasting fans. Highly recommend, as long as you resist unrealistic expectations. |
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| How Does a Candidate Win a Presidential Debate? Heard 1410 times History shows that what they say is not as important as how they say it - and what they look like when saying it... |
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| Do Videogames Cause Violence in Real Life? Heard 1204 times Contrary to what people such as Jack Thompson say, there is no reliable scientific evidence to support this claim. This special episode of Ask Lev explains the fallacies in experiments and surveys that purport to show a connection between violent videogames and violence in the real world. See me debate this with Jack Thompson, http://www.paullevinson.net/media.phtml |
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| What Is Fair Use? Heard 1014 times How much of a story, poem, or song by another writer can you quote in your own story, without having to pay that other writer or get permission? Welcome to the complex world of Fair Use, which is explained in clear terms, with examples.... |
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| Where Do I Get Ideas for my Fiction? Heard 941 times The special thing about being a writer is having a mind that is open to ideas from everyday experience - you do not have to look for special places - you have to look specially at everything. |
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| What Music to Listen to When I Write? Heard 815 times I'm author of five novels, including The Silk Code, which won the Locus Award for Best First Science Fiction Novel of 1999, and my current novel, The Plot to Save Socrates. Here I answer a question that's frequently asked: what is the best music to listen to when writing? The answer of course differs for every author. My answer is ... ... none! Because I love music too much, and it would distract me from my writing. I recommend bottling your musical inpirations in your brain, and bring them out when you write. |
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| Why Do the Media Get News Wrong? Heard 841 times Many in the media were reporting that John Edwards was going to suspend his campaign, to be with his wife to help battle her recurring cancer. In fact, John and Elizabeth Edwards announced that the campaign would vigorously continue. An analysis of how the media got this so wrong. |
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| How Important Are Critics? Heard 787 times Contrary to what many people may think, research shows that movie-critics, tv-critics, and book-critics have almost no impact on ticket sales, viewership, and books sold. What really counts: word of mouth - of friends and family. |
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| Daylight Savings Time - What's the Story? Heard 799 times I like light, so I love it. Further, I can't understand why we would want less light in the winter, when darkness already comes earlier. In this episode, I talk about the culprits and the heroes in our stewardship of light. |
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| What Is the RIAA? Heard 807 times a special 10-minute episode ... the origin and the early work of the Record Industy Association of America ... and its present, increasingly truculent crackdown on new ways of sharing music |
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| How Do You Feel the Day Your Book Is Published? Heard 961 times it's like one of your children going off to college ... out in the world ... in the hands of the cosmos rather than yours ... the trade paperback of my novel, The Plot to Save Socrates, was published today... |
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| How To Make Money from Used, Old Books Heard 665 times look for first editions or first printings of books by important authors ... if these first printings were small, and you can pick up the book for a song and a dance, you could make a handsome profit |
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| Is Lost Still Worth Watching? Heard 729 times 1st season was superb ... 2nd season awful ... 3rd season off to a rocky start this Fall ... and its continuation? - it started with the best episode since 1st season ... background reading: http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/01/lost-keys-to-whats-really-going-on.html |
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| How to Research Historical Fiction? Heard 662 times I recommend old Encyclopedia Britannicas and the Web - both were my best friends when I was researching my novel, The Plot to Save Socrates. But check all of your Web sources at least 4 times! |
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| Blockbuster, Netflix, the Web? Heard 804 times movie-watching began as a one-on-one experience with Edison's kinetoscope ... rental of videos and DVDs has returned to that, but the future of Blockbuster is limited - no one wants to run out in the rain to return a movie ... Netflix is better, but its delivery of movies is only as reliable as the mail ... that leaves the web - and nothing succeeds like delivery at the speed of light! |
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| How Important Are 1st Paragraphs? Heard 691 times all-important: if you don't grab your reader in the first paragraph, your story or article or book is unlikely to be read any further |
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| Should You Self-Publish? Heard 683 times used to be definitely not - but times have changed - I'll tell you why... |
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| To Podcast or Blog? Heard 864 times the pros and cons of podcasting vs. blogging: which you choose to do depends upon your comfort zone and in what ways you want to reach people |
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