Erin Stropes @erin-stropes ?
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Erin Stropes posted an update: 7 months ago · View
Updated the ol’ blog…after about a year’s hiatus. Clearly I am on top of things. http://blog.kallisti.ca
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Erin Stropes commented on the blog post I Take Thee … Making That Commitment to Your Book 7 months, 2 weeks ago · View
This is such a sweet post! And I’m such a commitment-phobe. I hope I’ll be able to say this to a manuscript idea someday
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Erin Stropes commented on the blog post Self-Publishing Changed My Life 7 months, 2 weeks ago · View
Good luck with promoting your book, R.E.! I am jealous that your character made it all the way to forty before getting her first gray hair though :p
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Erin Stropes joined the group Chick Lit 7 months, 2 weeks ago · View
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Erin Stropes posted on the forum topic Where do you get your cover artist? in the group Chick Lit : 7 months, 2 weeks ago · View
Book covers are definitely key – and the principles of good design are a little bit different in the digital age. One place that’s great to look is among design students – I know in the book publishing program I took, there was a great unit on cover design. I personally didn’t take to it [...]
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Erin Stropes commented on the blog post IndieProse.com: Gatekeeping Self-Published Books 1 year, 6 months ago · View
Something like this could definitely work – and be very helpful – but it would need to be a huge site with lots of credibility. Maybe some literary celebs involved. A big, all-powerful site that’s a go-to reference would be very nice. I don’t see how a self-purported small site is going to do much [...]
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Erin Stropes commented on the blog post An Argument Against Self-Publishing 1 year, 6 months ago · View
I’m not so sure this is an argument against self publishing as much as just a very sensible cry of frustration against the difficulty of putting out a quality book that has any kind of real chance in the market.
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Erin Stropes commented on the blog post On Editing 1 year, 6 months ago · View
I posted a review of a self-published book on this site a while back, in which I was forced to point out the sloppy editing because it really took over the whole book. Just like what you’re describing in this post – you want to read the book and get into it and forgive the [...]
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Erin Stropes posted an update: 1 year, 7 months ago · View
New blog post on the importance of knowing how to use the ”track changes” function. (Hint: Importance level: high!)
http://blog.kallisti.ca/2010/07/knowing-how-to-use-tracked-changes.html
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Erin Stropes wrote a new blog post: Finders, Seekers, Losers, Keepers by Heather Rolland
Finders, Seekers, Losers, Keepers is a friendly, low-key novel that reads like a cross between a slightly obsessive diary and the script for a melancholy sitcom. The cover is positively adorable, the author photo oozes cheery goodwill, and the café flyer illustrations do a great job [...]
2 years, 2 months ago · View
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Erin Stropes wrote a new blog post: Finders, Seekers, Losers, Keepers by Heather Rolland 2 years, 2 months ago · View
Finders, Seekers, Losers, Keepers is a friendly, low-key novel that reads like a cross between a slightly obsessive diary and the script for a melancholy sitcom. The cover is positively adorable, the author photo oozes cheery goodwill, and the café flyer illustrations do a great job at setting the mood and making you feel like a [...] -
Erin Stropes wrote a new blog post: Dorkisma: An Interview with Maria Bustillos
An interview by Erin Stropes with Maria Bustillos, author of Dorkismo: The Macho of the Dork: “Pure gold. Don’t just grab it for the chapter (good as it is) but for the celebration of everything that is dork.” Nick Maniatis, The [...]
2 years, 4 months ago · View
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Erin Stropes wrote a new blog post: Dorkisma: An Interview with Maria Bustillos 2 years, 4 months ago · View
An interview by Erin Stropes with Maria Bustillos, author of Dorkismo: The Macho of the Dork : “Pure gold. Don’t just grab it for the chapter (good as it is) but for the celebration of everything that is dork.” Nick Maniatis, The Howling Fantods . Self-Publishing Review: Hello, Maria, and welcome to the Self-Publishing Review hot seat. Your book, Dorkismo: The Macho of the [...] -
Erin Stropes wrote a new blog post: Curse of the Tahiéra by Wendy Gillissen
Curse of the Tahiéra is a pleasant and straightforward epic fantasy with likeable characters and a plot and setting that are detailed enough to maintain interest from cover to cover.
Young Rom is an outcast because his unknown father belonged to a despised race. [...]2 years, 4 months ago · View
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Erin Stropes wrote a new blog post: Curse of the Tahiéra by Wendy Gillissen 2 years, 4 months ago · View
Curse of the Tahiéra is a pleasant and straightforward epic fantasy with likeable characters and a plot and setting that are detailed enough to maintain interest from cover to cover. Young Rom is an outcast because his unknown father belonged to a despised race. He sets out alone on a trading mission, but he is joined, [...] -
Erin Stropes wrote a new blog post: Within a Sheltering Darkness by Alan Havorka
I was fully prepared not to like Within a Sheltering Darkness. The cover had that dubious computer-generated look, the title was vaguely embarrassing, and the first two chapters gave every indication that this would be a self-satisfied yawner. But damned if it didn’t turn [...]
2 years, 5 months ago · View
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Erin Stropes wrote a new blog post: Within a Sheltering Darkness by Alan Havorka 2 years, 5 months ago · View
I was fully prepared not to like Within a Sheltering Darkness . The cover had that dubious computer-generated look, the title was vaguely embarrassing, and the first two chapters gave every indication that this would be a self-satisfied yawner. But damned if it didn’t turn out to be an interesting read! Alex Boten is an astronaut, or anyway [...] -
Erin Stropes wrote a new blog post: Place by Ned White
It’s hard to know where to start with a book like Place. I enjoyed it, that much is certain. It brought me to tears a couple times, that’s certain too. But what is it about? There are clearly a few levels that this book can [...]
2 years, 6 months ago · View
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Erin Stropes wrote a new blog post: Place by Ned White 2 years, 6 months ago · View
It’s hard to know where to start with a book like Place. I enjoyed it, that much is certain. It brought me to tears a couple times, that’s certain too. But what is it about? There are clearly a few levels that this book can be read at, and that makes it tricky to pin down. [...] -
Erin Stropes wrote a new blog post: Drowned Sorrow by Vanessa Morgan 2 years, 7 months ago · View
I remember as a kid reading a YA thriller about some sort of sentient, evil fog that was enveloping and destroying the souls of everyone in a damp New England town. It must have been dreadfully written, but I think I rather liked it, and I’m afraid that memory predisposes me in favor of Vanessa Morgan’s [...] - Load More