Monthly Archives: August 2021

One Size Fits All

Posted on August 31, 2021 by midiguru

Okay, I’m peeved. The indie publisher to whom I submitted my novel took only two days to reject it — and the reason they gave is that my word count is 110,000, and they have a 100,000-word maximum. This absurd. … Continue reading →

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Who Do You Trust?

Posted on August 29, 2021 by midiguru

Between the empyrean heights of traditional (corporate) publishing and the fetid swamp of self-publishing lies the broad swath of prickly undergrowth where lurk the monsters of the indie press. I’ve been looking at a few indie websites this week, and … Continue reading →

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Nice While It Lasted

Posted on August 3, 2021 by midiguru

My Facebook account appears to have been hacked. Either that, or there’s some gigantic fuck-up in their software. Part of the problem is that I have two accounts — Jim Aikin and Jim Aikin Author. The Author account is still … Continue reading →

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