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Link: What He Wishes He Had Known July 14, 2008

Mark Hurst tells some hard-won publishing secrets, including “If the contract process doesn’t go well, walk away. This is the most attention your publisher will ever give to you.”

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I'm Jim Munroe, a novelist who left HarperCollins to showcase and propagate indie press alternatives to Rupert Murdoch-style consolidation. This site is a launching pad for the stuff I make, articles about how to make them, and a source of my two main food groups: inspiration and feedback. Want more details on my methods and work? Check here. Upcoming personal appearances, if any, are listed below, with previous appearances archived here.

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Outtasite Links

February 5, 2010:
In a blow against boring readings, DIY Book podcaster and SF novelist Hamish Macdonald blogged about handing out fake airline tickets to his audience members.

May 22, 2009:
The author of the very funny Nedroid comics has put up an amazing tute for colouring comics, including lighting. If you've hit a wall in your Photoshop-fu training, this might help you vault it.

April 29, 2009:
Hamish Macdonald, the author of one of the most comprehensive (and popular, with 200+ comments) articles on this site describing his method of bookmaking has started a DIY Book podcast.

February 2, 2009:
The excellent political science fiction conference, Think Galacticon, has just announced the dates for the next one, June 26 - June 28 2009. Started from a reading group in Chicago's Wicker Park and inspired by the 30 years running feminist SF con Wiscon, they were nice enough to feature me as one of the guests of honour at their first one. They're a welcoming and multi-faceted bunch, and unlike a lot of cons they've got a location right in the heart of the city so it's easy to check out Chicago as well.

January 10, 2009:
John August's website is full of great scriptwriting how-to articles, an interesting post-mortem on his Sundance-buzzed lo-fi sci-fi movie, and a very funny post-apocalypse sitcom webisode.