by Merianna Neely Harrelson | May 12, 2013 | Movies
For a classic like The Great Gatsby, there are always going to be people who don’t like the way the story transformed from words on the page to screenplay. I am not one of those people. The powerful imagery of the story literally being written during the movie...
by Merianna Neely Harrelson | May 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
It takes trial and error and hard work. Are you up for it? But like any entrepreneurial experiment, creating ebooks requires trial and error to figure out a process that works best for you. These eight tools will make the experience of creating your first ebook...
by Merianna Neely Harrelson | May 9, 2013 | what I'm reading
From the moment I met Margaret Atwood through the pages of her book, I was a devoted follower. Her books transform your mind to what could be, or rather what just might be. Although they are classified as dystopian, they have enough truth and enough possibility to...
by Merianna Neely Harrelson | May 8, 2013 | publishing
It’s always good to encounter a project or idea that makes you think twice or look again. Coverflip did just that. This idea that there are “girl books” and “boy books” and “chick lit” and “whatever is the guy equivalent of chick lit”* gives credit to absolutely...
by Merianna Neely Harrelson | May 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
You’ve labored and sweated. You’ve worked so hard. You’ve lost sleep, lost meals (and maybe days of your life) in the process. You’ve finally completed what you said you were going to do. You have written that book or article or screenplay, but...
by Merianna Neely Harrelson | May 6, 2013 | Press
Unfortunately, for most people there is a big difference between work you love and work you do, but there are few out there who are working well. Can you say the same? “Michael Graves works a lot. He’s been in a wheelchair for more than seven years. He would be...
by Merianna Neely Harrelson | May 4, 2013 | Press, publishing
Does it work? Here’s the story of someone who had never written a book, got rejected by multiple publishers, self-publishing and ended up on a book tour. Who knows, it could be you next!
by Merianna Neely Harrelson | May 4, 2013 | Press
I just saw a news report that a retired jockey is actually competed in this year’s Derby. When asked why he wanted to come back, he answered that he couldn’t take the risk of missing out on something I was supposed to do. He’s not alone. It’s a...
by Merianna Neely Harrelson | May 3, 2013 | publishing, Social Media
Sixty-one percent of book purchases by frequent book buyers take place online, but only seven percent of those buyers said they discovered that book online Great article about the trends in online book purchases. It’s interesting, isn’t it that even though...
by Merianna Neely Harrelson | May 3, 2013 | Working Hard
Too often, I’ve heard, “I should write about that.” It’s the plague of would-be writers. They know that what they have experienced, what they have learned or what they have seen is worth telling, but they don’t know how to get started....
