Tag Archives: publishers

It Finally Happened

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Joe Clark

I knew this day was coming. This is the first year that paper books sold and eBook sales reached parity in our company in one year. In the time since we began producing eBooks, our hard copy sales were always … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bibliophile, eBooks, electronic devices, favorite books, It Finally Happened, Learning to Read, new books, Papa's Problem, Patrick Kendrick, progress, publishers, reading, real books, research, writers, writing | Comments Off

Typewriters

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Joe Clark

Writing is a way of life for some. We are compelled to write, we don’t write just because we want to. There are some stories that must absolutely be told, either by word of mouth or by printed page. Now … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Uncategorized, Writing | Tagged books, bookstore, Florida, great ideas, library, manuscript, memories, notepad and pencil, publishers, school, stories, the Internet, typewriters, typing skills, University of Florida, University of Florida School of Journalism, words, writers, “the old days” | 3 Comments

Praise and Insults by Hemingway

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Joe Clark

I am writing again about writing pilots or flying writers. Sometimes it is difficult to decide which are adjectives and nouns when it comes to describing writers who are capable of flying, or pilots who can actually write. On my … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, History, Life in General, Publishing, Reading, Writing | Tagged airplanes, altitude, editors, England, flight training, flying, friends, inexperienced pilots, judgment, learning to fly, memories, open cockpit biplanes, pilots, professional pilots, publishers, sailors, student pilots, taildraggers, training aircraft | 4 Comments

Bear’s Books

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Joe Clark

As we wrapped up 2011, one of the goals I missed was completing production on the third book of The Bear’s trilogy, The Owl Hoot Trail. I wanted so much to complete the last book, Book Three, The Turning of … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Publishing, Reading, Uncategorized, Writing | Tagged editors, friends, Gold in the Red Desert, publishers, TH Bear, The Owl Hoot Trail Trilogy, The Withlacoochee Renegades, writers | Comments Off

BluewaterPress Goes National

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Joe Clark

Yesterday and the day before were busy days for BluewaterPress. As I finished the fall term at school, my mind naturally began thinking of the things I had to finish for the press. Highest on the list was drafting a … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, History, Life in General, Personal, Publishing | Tagged airplanes, flying, inexperienced pilots, Juan Trippe, judgment, Lockerbie, oeing 314 Clipper, Pan Am 103, Pan American World Airways, Pearl Harbor, pilots, professional pilots, publishers, Tenerife, World War II, writers | 1 Comment

The Cost of Books

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Joe Clark

Yesterday, I was tripping around the Internet, buzzing in and out of different websites looking for ideas for today’s blog. And there it was–staring out at me from the amazon.com pages–a comment about why book prices were so high. As … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Publishing, Reading, Writing | Tagged a lifelong dream, advertising costs, formulas to determine book costs, ideas for blogs, money management, paying the bills, planning, prices keep spiraling upward, publishers, royalty payment to authors, shipping costs, The Cost of Books, why book prices are so high, “day jobs”, “just getting by” | 2 Comments

That’s a Blog

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Joe Clark

Yesterday’s blog was a bit on the heavy side with the language. It was thick with terms from the aviation industry. I was concerned enough to post a warning at the beginning of the blog to caution those not conversant … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal | Tagged a lighter style of writing, blog fodder, bordered on being blasphemous, Casablanca, confusing to the writers, conversant in aviation expressions, easy to write, eyes rolling to the back one’s head, Gracie, heavy side of language, hitting the publish button, keep her from biting me, photographers, publishers, Rick’s Café, she knows she is being bad, terms from the aviation industry, That's a Blog | Comments Off

In Search of Perfection–Drat!

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Joe Clark

OK, this weekend was a rough one regarding writing and publishing the blog. I literally wrote the blog at the last moment while Ardis drove home late at night from her granddaughter’s baptism. Additionally, I was tired because I did … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal, Publishing, Reading, Writing | Tagged a critical place, a perfectionist, catching all the mistakes before publishing, discipline, do your best, granddaughter’s baptism, In Search of Perfection--Drat!, it is really bad to make a mistake as a pilot, making it perfect, my most ardent proofreader--Holly, not sleeping well, publishers, rough weekend, Saturday night, taking pride in writing, the probability of making mistakes, unforgivable, working hard and fast, working tired, writers, writing and publishing the blog | Comments Off

Arranging Words

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Joe Clark

What is the deal about arranging words? What could possibly be so important about the way an author puts words on to paper? Can it really make a difference? After all, as long as you transmit the message correctly, that … Continue reading →

Posted in Publishing, Reading, Writing | Tagged a budding novelist, a serious writer, agents, another question and fodder for a blog, Arranging Words, authors of resumes and cover letters, capitalizing words, choosing words carefully, clacking on a typewriter, collecting rejection letters, colons, editors, freelance magazine writer, inserting commas properly, is punctuation necessary?, lighting off the word processor, making heads or tails out of your writing, parentheses, periods, publishers, punctuation marks, putting pen to paper, putting words to paper, question marks, quotation marks, re-writing your work, rules for using punctuation in your writing, sell enough magazine articles to make a living, semi-colons, The Great American Novel, transmitting the message correctly, using skill and discipline to arrange and edit | Comments Off

“Like a Sack of Potatoes”

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Joe Clark

When Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic Ocean in May of 1927, he ignited the imaginations of many. One enthralled by the idea of being the first woman to fly across the Atlantic was Amy Phipps Guest. Amy Phipps was … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, History | Tagged a suitable girl with “the right image”, a ticker-tape parade, airplanes, airspeed, altitude, Amelia Earhart, Amy Phipps Guest, barnstormers, Captain Hilton H. Railey, Charles Lindbergh, copilot Louis Gordon, discipline, England, flying, Frederick Edward Guest, Friendship Trepassey Harbor Newfoundland Burry Port in Wales, instrument flying, Lockheed Vega, New York City, Pilot Wilmer Stultz, President Calvin Coolidge, publishers, the Atlantic Ocean, the Fokker F.VIIbb/3m, “Like a Sack of Potatoes”, “Maybe someday I’ll try it alone.”, “Would you like to fly the Atlantic?” | 5 Comments

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