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Beth Howard, ASJA
 It’s an unfortunate fact that freelancers spend only a fraction of their time reporting and writing stories. The rest of the time is spent getting that work. Let’s face it: Coming up with fresh ideas can be tedious and time-consuming. Good ideas are gold. When you come up with one that works, it pays to make the most of it. Here are 5 ways to do just that:
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Estelle Erasmus, ASJA
I was in NYC recently for the annual ASJA American Society of Journalist and Authors (ASJA) conference. I have been an ASJA member for over twenty years, and have found real value in this organization of my peers. Check out #ASJA2016 on twitter to see all the lessons learned, and all the contacts that were made.
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The Writer
Keysha Whitaker, host and executive producer of the Behind the Prose podcast, writes: "When I started grad school at age 30, I barely knew what an essay was, let alone how to write one. In my MFA writing workshops, I met people – my age and younger – who were excitedly submitting first-person work while I struggled with even writing 'I' on the page. Responding to my first attempt at memoir, my teacher wrote back, 'Why is this in the third person?'"
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Digital Book World
Good cover design is the single most obvious way of making sure your book stands out on the shelf and looks professional. Look at your competition, both in hard copy and online. What looks professional and what looks bad? Why? Make your own list of some pitfalls to avoid and features that you like.
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Amazon
Amazon.com has revealed its annual list of the Top 20 Most Well-Read Cities across the U.S., just in time for summer reading season. The ranking is determined by a compilation of sales data from cities with more than 500,000 residents on a per capita basis and includes purchases of all books, magazines and newspapers in both Kindle and print format from April 2015 to April 2016. No. 1 on the list: Seattle.
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Publishers Weekly
Macmillan has bought Pronoun, a self-publishing platform that, originally founded as Vook, was one of the early e-book and multimedia technology producers in the business. Through the deal Pronoun will become a Macmillan company, with the Pronoun brand remaining intact. Pronoun's staff, of about 20, will be retained and relocated to Macmillan's New York City headquarters in the Flatiron Building.
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The Guardian
Bad writing is mainly boring writing. It can be boring because it is too confused or too logical, or boring because it is hysterical or lethargic, or boring because nothing really happens. If I give you a 400 page manuscript of an unpublished novel — something that I consider to be badly written — you may read it to the end, but you will suffer as you do.
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Writer's Digest
When a reader falls in love with a new fantasy world, they can be skittish about trying something new. One of my heroes growing up (and the man who inspired me to write) was Terry Brooks and his Shannara books always outsold his other series. I was willing to follow him into the world of the Magic Kingdom series and his urban fantasy series, but like many others felt the recipe of Shannara to be the most enjoyable. I was always ready for another helping!
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Digital Book World
There are authors and publishers who fear reader analytics. This has been a fact since my first presentation on "Project Crowberry" in spring 2014, since followed by Project Honeyberry, Project Apricot, Project Pomegranate and soon Project Honeydew. Reader analytics is going from strength to strength and has been featured in The New York Times and The Guardian.
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