I am not said writer. Said writer, Tim of This Machine Kills Purists wrote a rebuttal set of Top Ten Rules for Writers (the real “rules” posted most recently by the Guardian, but blogged and Twittered everywhere).
My favorite of them all is:
Never open a book with the weather. Use your fingers instead.
Brilliant. And true. And [...]
You how some people are too superstitious to say good things aloud? That whole tempting fate, thing? Well, last week I was bragging to someone who shall remain nameless that I’ve been really healthy most of the winter. Naturally, by Thursday night, I was feeling not so hot. Spent the next three days sneezing, unable [...]
One last pass to make all the conflict just a little bit worse. I'm such a softie. Need to channel Orwell. #amwriting #
Just listened to a great roundtable on enhanced ebook at #dbw Also realized my Tweeting needs work. Sigh. Back to writing. #
@booksquare I so think historical fiction would benefit. in reply to [...]
Analysis of the core conflict of current manuscript complete. Tweaked structure. Will polish the improved ending, at last! #
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Minority Report reality in our future? Cool. http://bit.ly/a2LzTh #
Added publisher Widget to my Blog Page. Now Contemplating #
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I am experimenting with adding things to my webpage. The publisher of my YA is offering a Widget that displays my books on the sidebar, with a click-through to whatever on-line vendor might please the reader. Cool beans (what does that mean? I live in New England and beans are not cool…whatever).
Something I did (or [...]
Am trying to make things more difficult for my characters. Always have trouble with that. Ants crawling up a leg bad? Or just so so? #
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Listening to the k.d. Lang Hallelujah from last night's Olympics Opening Ceremony. I heart iTunes. #
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I just thought of a good mantra for my new company: Curiosity Doesn't Have to Kill the Cat. #
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Apparently, putting books on Facebook is the way to get teens to read. Interesting streaming radio talk at Beyond the Book. #
I am listening to the E-books Wars Preview show by Beyond The Book on #BlogTalkRadio – http://tobtr.com/s/899000 #
Am writing chapter of book I am using to tutor reading student. Talk about writing for an [...]
