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
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)
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
Write Your Ass Off: Another Facebook warning for authors.
I blogged about it today, another religious troll making the rounds, friending erotic romance authors. Yet another reason authors should be using Facebook pages and not profiles: http://writeyourassoff.blogspot.com/2013/11/another-reason-why-authors-should-use.html
Heads-up, self-pubbed smut writers: Amazon’s deleting content again.
Yes, Amazon is a business, and as such is perfectly within their rights to delete content. Again, it goes to HOW they’re deciding to delete such content, without giving prior notice or without clarifying their “acceptable content” rules, that really
Write Your Ass Off: Don’t turn your Alphas into A$$holes.
The post where I rant about “Alpha” heroes who are really assholes, and how to avoid that pitfall in your writing: http://writeyourassoff.blogspot.com/2013/09/dont-turn-your-alphas-into-aholes.html
…and more research.
Just some of the books I’ve picked up over the past couple of weeks for my research for my post-apocalyptic series. Yes, I’ve found the Prime membership for Amazon has already paid for itself. LOL But to be fair, a
Research, research, research.
Took my son to a gun show Saturday. While I was keeping my eye out in case I found a skeet gun I wanted that was within my budget (I did not, unfortunately), even more, I wanted to explore the
Life imitating art: zombies and cyberthreats
Source It’s funny how life can imitate art. In my book Two Geeks and Their Girl (coming 8/2 from Siren-BookStrand) the two heroes are working on a project called Artemis, which hunts down devices hooked to the internet that aren’t properly
WriteYourAssOff.com: Contract Red Flags
I’ve got another post up at the WriteYourAssOff.com blog about contract red flags. Enjoy! Publishing Contracts: Red Flags and Warnings