*sigh* From the “I just can’t make this shit up” file comes this nugget, on a blurb from a New York TRADITIONAL publisher. http://writeyourassoff.blogspot.com/2014/11/why-proofreading-and-editing-matters.html
Writer Beware: How NOT to behave toward readers and fellow writers.
Asshat author on the internet gets pissed off when readers call her out for agreeing with a commenter who said writers and readers of dark erotica should be “kidnapped and raped.” *dropping here* 3..2..1..Go. http://writeyourassoff.blogspot.com/2014/11/writer-beware-how-not-to-behave-toward.html
Fun With Linguistics: Snowclones
Here’s a little something-something for my fellow writers: fun with snowclones. Oh, you know what they are, but you probably never knew what they were called. http://writeyourassoff.blogspot.com/2014/11/fun-with-linguistics-snowclones.html Enjoy! Tymber’s Latest Releases: His Canvas | Geek Chic | Flying Monkeys Tymber’s Hubby
How’s your NaNoWriMo going?
*Hands you a weedwhacker and a flamethrower.* How’s the NaNo project going, bunky? Feeling a little overwhelmed? Struggling? In the weeds? Stop. No, I don’t mean stop writing, I mean stop worrying. No one’s going to kill you if you
Write Your Ass Off: NaNoWriMo edition 1
Nope, not doing NaNo this year. Too busy, unfortunately. But I posted a list of some books I truly feel are must-haves for any writer’s library over on the Write Your Ass Off blog. I’ll put up a couple more
Update on the Ellora’s Cave vs Dear Author lawsuit. #notchilled
Courtney Milan has posted a FANTABULOUS and amazeballs recap of the recent filings in the EC v DA case, including plain-English summations of evidentiary filings posted in the past couple of days. And, yeah, an Ebola footnote reference even.
Stalking is BAD. DUH.
The one where I apparently have to remind people why stalking a reviewer, regardless of whatever perceived “justification” there is, is farking WRONG.
#notchilled – Supporting EC authors, editors, artists
If you are an Ellora’s Cave author, editor, or cover artist, and you have non-EC books, etc. or want to promote your editing or cover art website, please post your links in the comments below. I want to support the people
#notchilled – Dear Author defense fund.
Apparently I’ve made some sort of blacklist for daring to blog about the EC suit against Dear Author. You know what? Fuck it, it’s a great group of people to be blacklisted with. And I will ALWAYS support the truth.
Writer Beware: Update on the problems with Ellora’s Cave.
I’ve posted an update over on the WriteYourAssOff.com blog about the ongoing troubles at Ellora’s Cave, including the fact that they’ve filed a lawsuit against blogger Dear Author.
Newbie Author Tip 2
The second installment in my series of tips for newbie authors is up at the Write Your Ass Off blog. *rawr!* http://writeyourassoff.blogspot.com/2014/09/newbie-author-tip-2-develop-gator-hide.html And have you checked out Hubby’s book yet? 🙂 (Yes, I’m proud of him. LOL) Dancing on a
Newbie Author Tip 1
I’m starting a new series over on Write Your Ass Off for newbie authors. Tip 1 is posted. http://writeyourassoff.blogspot.com/2014/09/newbie-author-tip-1-devour-information.html
Dear Newbie Writer: You suck…
. ..HOWEVER…Â http://writeyourassoff.blogspot.com/2014/09/dear-newbie-writer-you-suck.html Also, I’ve made two additions today to the article about the problems at Ellora’s Cave.
Writer Beware: Problems at Ellora’s Cave
This is a read, but there’s some massive WTF’ery going on. http://writeyourassoff.blogspot.com/2014/09/writer-beware-problems-at-elloras-cave.html tl;dr – I strongly recommend you do NOT submit to Ellora’s Cave. Period.
Dear Traditional Publishers: It’s literally the nose on your face.
I’m sick and tired. SICK…and…TIRED. People bitching about Amazon (aka the ‘Zon) and their market share. Trad-pubs fighting tooth and nail to keep an archaic and unsustainable business model artifically afloat despite it not being profitable. There’s a REALLY easy