Batman in a White Hood
A little while back I told you guys that my friend Blaze Ward was putting together a Superhero Anthology, and he invited me to participate. I submitted a story and he accepted it, and I fully expect to catch all …
Category: Writing Philosophy
A Little Philosophy
Seems like I’m digging this video thing. I made another one, talking about my philosophy of writing and the general snootiness that can tend to occur around writers.
Why Do You Have To Quit Your Day Job?
Seriously, why? I didn’t think about it before, but in the last week or so I’ve begun asking this question. First I encountered a Kindleboards thread asking how many on the forum had quit their day jobs to write full time. …
(Almost) No Writers Are Famous
Dean linked to a great post that Joe Konrath made yesterday. In it, Joe talks about how, contrary to what some out there assume, he doesn’t sell a lot because he’s “famous”. I love reading this from him. It’s not …
Utterly Ignorant Dreck
Passive Guy linked yesterday to an appalling example of ignorant pessimism. Read it, if you have a strong stomach, and a strong tolerance for BS. I can’t fully express how idiotic this speech, or whatever it is, is. The guy goes …
The Real Problem With $.99 Ebooks
Yesterday, Dean Wesley Smith linked to a great post by Zoe Winters about why she doesn’t agree with charging $.99 for novels, and why that should never, and will never, be the standard price for novel-length fiction. For the record, …
Artists Are Not Special
Fair warning. If you consider yourself an “artist”, this post is likely to piss you off. Read at your own risk. Oh God, if I hear one more “artist” going on about how he needs to suffer for his art, …
Spreading Some Link Love
Today’s link love goes to David Gaughran. He is awesome, and his blog’s a great source of information and analysis on the publishing industry. In his latest post, Batting for a Broken System, he takes down the silly piece that …
30,000 Word Challenge – Day 2
Tonight, I only worked on the Scifi thriller. And that’s ok, because I primarily meant the 30,000 word challenge to go toward that book when I came up with the idea. That said, I think I’m going to crank out …
Feeling Grateful
I often point over to Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch in this here blog. Naturally, I do that because they’re both very experienced writers, very smart with business, and they make a hell of a lot of sense. …