Welcome
In my blog, I’ll be posting about fiction writing primarily for readers, which of course includes creators of stories. Posts will include insights and advice from great and good writers. Also some bad advice, which I hope I’ll recognize and point out, such as the age-old platitude to “write what you know.”
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AN OVERNIGHT SENSATION
ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO MY NEWSMAN FRIEND TOM COCHRUN FOR SENDING ME THE FOLLOWING LINK TO A RECENT AND ENJOYABLE NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE ON OLD-TIME NEWSPAPER FILMS.
The Fiction-writing Apocalypse… Or Not?
If a story is going to be serialized (i.e., released piecemeal to the public over time), why not “improve it,” given the opportunity to get feedback from readers over that time?
E-book readers pull data from you sub-rosa. So?
Lynn Neary (NPR, 1/28/13) recently did a report on the electronic tracking that Amazon, Barnes & Noble and probably others do of our e-reading, not only what we buy, but how we read it. Maybe the first issue is that of privacy.
My Love-Hate Relationship with Writing Advice
I sometimes wonder whether I wouldn’t have been better off, writing production-wise, in a cell, solitarily confined. How much have I gained from all of those (these) writing-related activities?
BookTalk Nation — Check it out
I have “discovered,” after about a year of hearing about it, an interesting, engaging, and useful blogsite called BookTalk Nation. On it you can hear half-hour interviews with authors of fiction and non-fiction books.
“Unrelateable” Heroes: new coinage, old problem
Are we in a new era of word coinage? Bill Morris, who publishes on-line at The Millions, thinks so. He offers “fracking,” “illliquid,” and “repurpose” among other coinages.
Best Simile
Here is the best simile I’ve yet encountered, and it comes from the pen of a critic, not a “creative” writer...
Influence from Great Writers
Nathan Bransford (author, agent, media manager) asked on his blog: “Which Writers Most Influence Your Work?” It’s a short blog, but generated a great deal of response. It’s worth looking at...
No Fear
If you’re like most people, fear will be your traveling companion all the way along that road. It will whisper words like "failure," and "hopeless" and tell you that your dream is doomed to fail.