Never stop trying to improve yourself as a writer. The day you think you are perfect as a writer is the day you should put down your pen and quit writing forever.
Pimp your review site/page/group.
I’m in the middle of revisions and updates to my “Pimp Yourself” social media guide. It was over three years old and needed updating. I’m working on updating the resource list as well, so here’s your chance. In the comments,
Thou Shalt Nots for Facebook for authors.
Over at WriteYourAssOff.com I posted about the “thou shalt nots” for Facebook specifically for authors. Feel free to stop by, check the lists out, and add your own suggestions if you have some. http://writeyourassoff.blogspot.com/2014/01/thou-shalt-nots-for-facebook.html
Can I use song lyrics in a book?
I thought I’d blogged about this before, but apparently I had not. Rectified. LOL http://writeyourassoff.blogspot.com/2014/01/can-i-use-song-lyrics-in-book.html
You know you’re a writer when…
The awesomesauce Kristen Lamb has a hysterical (and, sadly in my case, true) blog today about how you know when you’re a writer… http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/you-know-youre-a-writer-when/
A Bad Publishing Contract Deconstructed, Part 3 – The Uglier Facts
See other posts in this series: Part 1Â | Part 2 We are going to finish deconstructing THIS contract. (If you haven’t read parts one and two, linked above, you’ll want to start there.) When last we left, my head was
A Bad Publishing Contract Deconstructed, Part 2 – The Ugly Truth
See other posts in the series: Part 1Â | Part 3 Okay, so we’re deconstructing THIS contract from a Maine university site. Apparently, several small start-up publishers have latched on to it and are using it as their “standard” contract for
A Bad Publishing Contract Deconstructed, Part 1
Other parts in the series: Part 2 | Part 3 This is a follow-up to my post the other day, the pop quiz about red flags in publishing contracts. Apparently, several new start-up publishers have stumbled upon this contract and
The road to hell…
“The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.” — Philip Roth “The road to hell is paved with adverbs.” — Stephen King (There seems to be some disagreement between the two, but I would argue both are equally valid. —
Pop Quiz: Contracts
Pop Quiz: Which of these are HUGE red flags in a publishing contract? a) Charging for editing. b) “Life of copyright” contract length terms. c) Asking for rights other than ebook and print formats. d) “Net” not clearly specified. e)
I cannot say…
I cannot say that I write with any social objective. One writes because one loves writing, really. — Tom Stoppard
I could have eaten…
I could have eaten a box of Alpha-Bits and crapped a better interview. — Frank Barone (Everybody Loves Raymond)
Pick a color, any color…
Writers should never be allowed to run unsupervised through an office supply store. Um, well, this writer should never be allowed to run unsupervised through an office supply store. (Or a home improvement store, but that’s another blog post.) Hubby
Writing is not…
Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.– Robert A. Heinlein
Substitute damn…
Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very’; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. —Â Mark Twain