[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 […]
[Writer Post] Scrivener – The Initial Assessment
You know your schedule’s a little bit full when you sit down at your keyboard to put together a writer blog post and look at the clock and wonder what you have the most time for before the next thing on your list – writing the post or getting on the treadmill so your whole […]
[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 […]
[Writer Post] Expanding Your Audience – The North Texas Comic Book Show
2012 is not only the year of Finish Stuff, Darn It! (Part 2 – a continuation from 2011 and without a foreseeable ending), I’m also looking to expand my reader base. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE the SF convention community and their continuing support – which is why my TO INFINITY AND BEYOND goal […]
[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 […]