A brief series of marketing and publishing lessons.

There will be a quiz at the end. (Spoiler alert Hint: There are no wrong answers.)

This is marketing

APRIL STORY: There Be Dragons by Jane Burfield

SHORT STORY: Double Trouble by M.E. Proctor

Sardines — a great story starting and ending w/ the same sentence

Interview with Author Albert Waitt

And this is publishing.

Yellow Mama Webzine

Bristol Noir – Curiously Dark Fiction

And this is blogging.

Mesdames of Mayhem – A meeting place for deadly minds

Jacqueline Seewald – award winning author

And this crowdsourcing.

HitRecord

And here’s something all writers will need to know.

Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence

It’s what you might call a “long read.” They’re supposed to be popular, right? Or was that last week?

PLUS, the 12 best ways to promote affiliate links. Not that there are any in this particular post.

Quiz:

1. What’s the difference between publishing and blogging?
2. What’s the difference between publishing and crowdsourcing?
3. What’s the difference between marketing and blogging?
4. What’s the difference between crowdsourcing and marketing?
5. Which one of the websites linked above could I reprint entirely without violating copyright law?

PS: I lied. There is only one correct answer to #5.

Also, if you answer #5, can you tell me why you reached the conclusion you did?

PPS: And is this blogging, publishing, marketing or what? But, clearly this is publishing, right? 🙂

PPPS: I wrote this in the hope of winning an award for most sarcastic Socratic blogger ever! 🙂

PPPPS: And you are Number Six! 🙂 And what exception to copyright infringement does this video fall under?

 

FINAL THOUGHT

Luck in Literature