Eva Deverell: Creative Writing Blog Writing Historical Nonfiction with Kelly Mathews Today I’m interviewing Kelly Mathews, a nonfiction writer with The History Press. Kelly is the manager of Community Recreation, a summer camp and outdoor education center at Seneca College, King Campus, home of Eaton Hall. Her writings have been published by New York Media Works, Readers’ Digest Canada via: Best Health Magazine and Our Canada magazine work. Kelly has recently published her first book, and I thought it would be a great opportunity for nonfiction writers to get a feel for the process and how it differs from publishing fiction. Interview Questions Ryan: Welcome, Kelly. Kelly: Thanks Ryan–I really appreciate the opportunity–having just recently completed my first book (submitted January 22, 2015) it has just now begun to sink in. Ryan: What is it about writing historical nonfiction that appeals to you? Ryan: Impressive. Kelly: I would consider myself one of the very fortunate people in this regard–as the publisher, in fact, found me. Of course there are many strengths.
The Write Practice - The Write Practice Creative Writing - Coursera Paul Samael - Self-publishing Why self-publish? Why not go down the conventional publishing route? It's hard to think of a better endorsement than a publisher saying that they have such faith in the quality of your work that they're willing to stake their own money on it. But the unfortunate reality is that publishers are overwhelmed with submissions, so your chances of getting that kind of endorsement are not good (click here for more depressing stats on publishing generally). And even if you do manage it, you are quite likely to find that publishers talk a good game, but don't do much in the way of promotion and quickly lose interest in books which do not prove successful within a fairly short timescale (see this post). So, what does self-publishing have to offer? Ebook or hard copy? Haven’t tried hard copy yet – but I have published ebooks on Smashwords.com, Feedbooks.com, Scribd.com, Bookiejar.com, Obooko.com, Bibliotastic.com and Wattpad.com. How difficult is ebook conversion? Free or paid-for? 1. 2. 3. 4.
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