I peruse blogs through Bloglines as a mental palate cleanser between jobs (i.e. fritter time away before getting back to work). Often I think, “I should blog about that.” But I usually don’t. This blog post, on Crowe’s Nest, fully expresses how I feel about writing and rejection. I’ve had to look hard at all [...]
I am hooked on listening to TED talks when I work (not writing fiction, but all the other things I do on my computer that help earn me money). This talk is very worth listening to when you have a free moment for inspiration. I’ll return to my discussion of a writer’s business plan tomorrow [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Okay, I said I would stop being so serious, but I needed some help, so I’m turning to Kay Cassidy, who is very good at making the serious seem fun. First, she runs The Great Scavenger Hunt Contest on her website, which is a way to connect teens to libraries and YA books. If you’re [...]
