Busy month for me — link-wise and other: bought a house, sold my house, working at the Day Job, book releases, and LINKS: Lots O’ Links! * A post about the money facts of publishing. I like this simplified version. * Info about the Google book settlement. I confess: I understand little of this, but … [Read more…]
Here are some great sites to start you on your idea-mining adventure. Get that right-side creative brain going and visit some of these sites to use as creative writing exercises for stories, characters, themes, whatever!
A new year, a new batch of links! So, this is so cool. You can graph the usage of words. I graphed slang terms to see if I was using them correctly in the right historical period. Here’s a nice summary about words that distance the reader from a story. I found this interesting because … [Read more…]
It feels like slim pickings this month, partly because of holidays and partly because my attention hasn’t been as focused this month since a death in my family. Nonetheless, here’s what I’ve found that caught my interest since last I posted: * Here’s an explanation of returns (and how they affect you, the author). * … [Read more…]
By JL Wilson * Useful writing tips (I can attest to these): * Will physical books be obsolete in 5 years? The developing world may drive the future of books… * This blog makes a good point about success. We all have to define it for ourselves and I think that’s especially true in publishing, … [Read more…]