From the Archive – ConDFW 2009
If you are in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and have nothing to do this weekend (and if I’d been on the ball and written this much earlier, you’d have had warning) ConDFW is going on in North Dallas at the Crown Plaza Suites Dallas-Park Center. This is a new hotel for ConDFW, and it should […]
From the Archive – Newbie Mistakes Still Happen
I apologize for not getting an archive post up last week. I thought about it – for about 10 seconds in the car with Robert J. Sawyer…then FenCon Happened. So, here’s this week’s archive Post… Newbie Mistakes Still Happen When it comes to the writing industry, there’s a lot of advice on how to avoid […]
From the Archive – Psychotic Persistence
Today’s article is brought to you by the Letter “P”. Jay Lake wrote yesterday in his blog about Psychotic Persistence. And yes, we’re back on that, because it always bears reinforcement. Persistence and perseverance are simply two of the most important elements in publishing. To most people Jay Lake and writers like him seem to […]
From the Archive – Choosing a Market
Here’s the archive post for the holiday weekend. I will be spending tomorrow hopefully writing and having U-Verse installed… see you on the flip side… __________________ If you write it, it will sell. This seems to be the underlying theory of all new writers. Now, I don’t want to squash any promising hopes and dreams, […]
From the Archive – New Year’s Resolutions
It’s that time of year again. New Year. A new year. A new start. It’s the time of the year when a lot of people make grand resolutions to change something major in their life. For most it’s some kind of bad habit or a means to get healthier. For many writers, it’s also a […]
From the Archive – What NOT to Do
Sometimes I’m amazed anyone becomes a writer any more. There are so many things to learn that generally comes down to “What Not to Do” that tend to come up only after the new writer commits the wrong. This past week I had a writer do something “wrong” and involved me in this. Yeah, this […]
From the Archive – Trolls for Christmas
Yes, it’s Christmas in August – which is nice since it’s been 105 degrees here in Texas lately. Before I get to the archive post, a quick update. There are only a few hours left to register for the Rhodia Notebook. Get commenting. Now…Trolls for Christmas… When you have any kind of presence on the […]
From the Archives – 2008 Black Wednesday
Today marks a week since the publishing industry had its Black Wednesday – in their own words. For writers, editors, publishers, and those who want to be those things, you saw and/or felt at least the shockwaves. Major publishing houses like Simon and Schuster, Random House, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced lay offs and cut […]
From the Archives – Dying is Easy, Comedy is Hard
“Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.” Truer words have never been spoken and handed down — except for maybe Donald O’Connor’s bit in Singin’ in the Rain with the segment, “Make ’em laugh, make ’em laugh.” The whole world really does want to laugh, especially in hard economic times. The problem with comedy and/or humor […]
Archive Post – Time Management
I don’t think I did this last week… Sorry… —- Time Management. It’s one of the biggest struggles of a writer’s life. In order to make a living doing what a writer loves to do, there are schedules and lives to juggle, projects to work in and around, and still words to get on paper […]