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Seems like a lot of churn lately in publishing. Here are a few links about some of it. * Advice from Tolkein for writers. * Are you an anxious writer? Here’s some thoughts on that. * All writers experience this at one time or another: the BCoD. * This is an interesting perspective on the … [Read more…]
* An interesting graph on the habits of creative people. I’ve never seen it represented like this. * Such beautiful book covers for the Tolkein books. * Isn’t this scary — a reviewer who was sued because her review was high in the Google search lists. Yikes. * Tell me it’s not real. A bookmark … [Read more…]
As always: an interesting mixed bag of links this month. * Supposed grammar “rules” you can ignore. Yep. I think you can. * There’s talk about doing Robb’s “In Death” books as movies. Of little interest to me, but of great interest to many, apparently. * A dress made from romance novels. Probably a bit … [Read more…]
A lot this month about romance and its lack of respect in the world. Maybe because it’s time for Beach Reads? * A good article about why romance don’t get no respect (to quote Rodney Dangerfield) * This is fun: guess the book from its cover — without any words on it (several links on … [Read more…]
I have an interesting mix of topics this month, some laugh-inducing, some not so much so…. * Things to know before you launch yourself into writing. * I think my library collection says a lot, but probably not like these libraries do. * An interesting look at Mark Twain as a role model for … [Read more…]