I sometimes take it for granted that everyone who writes has one foot in the geek world. Of course all writers use Facebook and Twitter. Of course all writers know how to blog. Of course all writers have played MMORPGs and tabletop RPGs. Ofcourse all writers are big Joss Wedon fans, have Sandman memorized and […]
Alice in Wonderland as instruction manual. http://t.co/IJQS6SO6 # Powered by Twitter Tools
Note: Forgive me, I have checked and rechecked my math, but I made so many errors the first time through that I can’t be sure I’ve caught them all. Sheesh. All right. This is another tense topic for me, because I suspect I’ve been doing something that makes me happy in the short term but
If you’re interested, the handout I passed out at the January Write Brain is over at the Pikes Peak Writers Blog. It’s “Roadmap to Indie Publishing,” and can help you grasp what kinds of things you need to consider for indie publishing, from a practical standpoint, like where to get info on setting up a
I woke up this morning and felt like an utter and complete idiot…about nothing and everything. “Hello, my name is DeAnna, and today I feel like a loser.” “Hi, loser.” ***Dave explained what I was really doing wrong, though: “I think it was the cursed tiki idol you took from that cave. Maybe you just
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Book review of Curses! A F***ed Up Fairy Tale…now with links 🙂 http://t.co/g45wUGVV # When a girl's mom disappears, she's supposed to do something about it. http://t.co/hr6WU2Ba Stories for kids with attitude. Exotics #1 # Plotting another Theornin story…involving a pun about mountains. # Theornin story drafted. No songs included. # Editing for Indie Writers:
When you write a story, how much should you sell it for? Whatever the market will bear, right? It’s a capitalistic society, so we can make a ton of money! Huzzah! Well, it turns out that a lot of writers (including me) will sell a story for whatever the market will give us, not what
**** Excellent. The book has two narrators, a boy and a girl, both with fun stories. Abut 150 pages. Thunderbird by Deb Logan In short: Twins Janine and Justin are stuck at their father’s dinosaur-digging camp for the summer. While most kids would be thrilled, they’ve seen it all before. However, when Janine is
The Editing for Indie Writers series continues… Chapter 1: Roadmap from First Draft to Final Product So you have a manuscript that you want to indie publish, and you have no idea where to start. You’ve heard all kinds of things about how terrible indie writers are at editing, from how book bloggers refuse to
Note: Preorder at Amazon, B&N, or most bookstores. Available February 28, 2012. Disclaimer: I begged Julie for an advance copy, which she sent to me. It’s pumpkin orange. Okay, think of the books that you quote. Not books of literature, but the ones where you grab nearby passers-by and say, “Wait, wait, listen to this!”
