[From the Archive] Now thta the Season has Moved from Winter to Spring…
Ironic. This was written in April 2010 – but here in January 2012 we’ve had Springlike temps which are shifting back to Winter norms for February (because February is just that unpredictable – which may be way so many creative people are born in this tiny little month). ————— Now that the season has moved […]
[From the Archive] The Greatest Backhanded Compliment to Authors
No matter what your opinion is of used bookstores (and there are good arguments for and against them) their existence can be a great backhanded compliment to writers. What weird backhanded compliment would that be? When you can’t find them in the stores. Okay, here’s what I mean by that. A lot of us in […]
[From the Archive] Reviews: The Good, The Bad, and The Necessary
I’m actually getting this done before heading down to ConJour. Hope to see some of you there. _____ When it comes to writing and publishing no one can get by without reviews. Reviews are one of the “necessary†evils that effects everything to do with the industry. They’re one of the most effective indicators of […]
[From the Archive] Standard Manuscript Format
Because every year or two, we have to trot this out… this is from early 2010… Feel free to comment and debate at will. __________ One of the fundamental tenants of professional writing is to put every manuscript into “Standard Manuscript Format”. What few people tell new writers is that there’s no longer a set […]
[From the Archive] The Rule of Writing
This post was written in early 2010… I’m sure I’ve addressed it numerous times since. Announcements: I’ll be appearing at the North Texas Comic Book Show tomorrow, Saturday, Jan 14th from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Arlington Hilton just west of 360 on Lamar. Also, I’m participating in ConJour on the University of […]
[From the Archive] When the Publishing World Doesn’t Hand Me Articles
From early 2010… one of the first “blathering” posts…sadly, not the last. ————– When the publishing world doesn’t hand me my articles on a silver platter (like it has for the last couple of weeks), I sometimes struggle to come up with something interesting. So I fall back on the day-to-day struggle of writing and […]
[From the Archive] Ebooks, Piracy, and the Writer’s Life
This was from early 2010 — but are still issues today… —- I had a whole post written up about the “glamorous” life of being a writer, and then I read – with interest – a long, ongoing discussion on ebooks, piracy, and copyright on one of my mailing lists. They all seemed to tie […]
[From the Archive] The Amazon Kerfuffle
This was my post in early 2010 about one of the first Amazon ebook pricing kerfuffles. In the past month, they’ve had *3* different kerfuffles pop up. Amazon is a major player in publishing. I do not like their current tactics to strong arm the industry and devalue content. If anyone wishes to defend Amazon’s […]
[From the Archive] What Now?
Continuing with the theme of “independent projects†(aka self-publishing), it’s time to move on to the Now Whats. Let’s say you’ve made it through to this point – whether you’re new or established – you’ve written something awesome that for whatever reason you’ve decided to put out on your own. You’ve done the layout and […]