Lisa and are are in the process of finishing the three “Girl” books by Stieg Larsson. Actually, I should say Lisa has now finished them and I’m about 21% through the last book. I like that last sentence. One advantage of the electronic age is that when Lisa asks me “How far into the book […]
Read More ...500 Words a Day?
Didn’t have much time this morning, but I did manage 500 words on a new story. I’m not really sure it will wind up anywhere, though. I just sat down and started writing dialog, and out they came. I’ll take it. Here’s something Lisa sent me a few days back. Interesting (and, as she said, […]
Read More ...The Publishing Industry: Take II – The Work
Okay, I’m back to talking about how the industry is changing, and how it affects newish writers like me–guys who hold down day-jobs that take a bunch of time while working on their craft and struggling to “break in.” Here’s my thing with the modern age of e-publishing–I love the ability to go work directly […]
Read More ...Lesson of the Week
I remain as allergic to poison ivy as I ever have been. Enough said. Share Me
Read More ...Story Sentience?
I woke up early this morning and was unable to get back to sleep despite trying for at least a half-hour. Finally giving up, I decided to get out of bed and get something productive done. So I turned to my novel in progress–which has been coming along pretty cleanly so far. But today nothing […]
Read More ...Time Supply
I love the “new world,” this place where everyone is connected all the time, this thing that the internet has gradually morphed into that allows such close and constant contact. It’s a glorious place. But it’s also a major time sink. And given that time sink, it’s also a major worry. that worry being this: […]
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A quick link to one of the first attempts I can remember to use the Web in ways that only it can be made to work. Things change so quickly, but I enjoyed this quite a bit at the time. Very different way of experiencing a story. Share Me
Read More ...Back from India
I haven’t posted about it, of course…but I’ve been in India for the past ten days or so for business purposes. Got lots done, experienced a truly different culture, and had much fun meeting its people on their “home turf.” I’ll write more on this in the future, I suppose. We shall see. And, yes, […]
Read More ...Publishing Industry, Take II: Marketing Devices
I have only a few minutes today, so I’m going to stay roughly on plan and talk about the differences between physical books and ebooks as marketing devices. They are very different, and these differences seem to me to be important to us newish writers. The book itself (or I should say, the cover) is […]
Read More ...Publishing Industry, Take Two: eBook Readers
The topic today is physical books vs, ebook readers. I thought this was going to be a simple post, but it’s grown to a behemoth, so I’m actually going to split it up into a couple days worth of conversation. And so, as is my wont, let me back up a bit before I get […]
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