Book Reviews
Review: DEAD HEAT by Bronwyn Parry
Reblogged from Fair Dinkum Crime: I am not a fan of the relatively modern trend towards narrower and narrower ‘genrefication’ of fiction because I believe it repels more readers than it attracts (though I’ll admit this is based on anecdotal and experiential evidence rather than the scientific kind). For example, my expectations that something with […]
Publishing Companies
This isn't a Book, it's a Business
Reblogged from Chele Cooke: Anyone who has ever met my mother could swear that when I was born, mum wasn’t hoping for a bundle of joy in a girl or a boy, she was hoping for a spreadsheet. My mum is a software engineer by trade, an excel addict by… well, I don’t know what […]
Publishing Tips
How to define a writer? Writers are this:
Reblogged from Creative Writing with the Crimson League: As I get “The King’s Sons” ready for publication at the end of the month (yikes!) and put together my writer’s handbook, “Writing for You: A Novelist’s Guide to the Craft of Fiction,” I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the things that define us as […]
Publishing World News
Self-Publishing: A Wonderful Phenomenom
Self-publishing ‘wonderful phenomenon. BBC News. 1 May 2013 2012 was a record year for the UK publishing industry, according to newly released figures from The Publishers Association Statistics Yearbook. Total revenues of £3.34 billion were the highest ever recorded. Digital sales (ebooks and audiobooks) were up 66% to £411 million, while sales of physical books […]
Random Thoughts
Tweets and Treats
Reblogged from Faith Andrews: In the last few days I’ve devoured two books that just need to be added to everyone’s to be read list, like now. Collide by Gail McHugh and Falling into You by Jasinda Wilder. I usually get all pissy and down on my own unseasoned writing when I read incredible books […]
More Articles
Book review: A Homemade Life
Reblogged from Florence in Print: I’m always a bit skeptical when I start reading books based on blogs. I’ve been let down before. But I felt ok going in to A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from my Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg because I wasn’t a regular reader of her popular blog, Orangette. I […]
Yoko Ono is not my mother
Reblogged from booksandbassets: My mother was born in 1931 and grew up poor & French-Canadian in a mining town. She ran away from home at 15 to escape the life she could foresee if she stayed. She was married, became a mother and was widowed before she was 20. She remarried and lived an average […]
French Parents Don't Give In: 100 parenting tips from Paris. Written by Pamela Druckerman
Reblogged from perpetually loading…: Recently I was given the opportunity to review a book for the Child Health Association Tasmania. Having a child with Autism, the title “French Parents Don’t Give In: 100 parenting tips from Paris” kind of appealed to me. So while I was waiting for my son at one of his therapy […]
Planning Your Writing - Is An Unedited Writing Spree Worth the Time?
Reblogged from EZ Indie Publishing by Elisabeth Zguta: Do you plan your scenes, or just write without the internal editor turned on? I Just finished the April Camp NaNoWriMo, which is an exercise in writing fluently, and without the internal editor to stop the writing flow. I was able to make my goal, but now […]
Should Amazon Require Self-Published Authors to Have Editors?
Reblogged from Story Addict: This has been in the back of my mind for a while. To be honest, I don’t think it’s feasible for Amazon or any other publishing platform to require this of its self-published authors, but let’s speculate, shall we? The Pros A lot of self-published authors plunge into publishing without realizing […]
Does AGE Matter When You're a Writer?
Reblogged from Faith Friese Nelson: When you’re a writer, should age matter? The answer is yes. The answer is no. Maybe. Bottom line, after giving the age question much thought… There is no simple answer to this question. The young writer, still wet behind his or her ears, has not accumulated sufficient experiences to write about many aspects […]
Five Best Post-Publication Book Marketing Activities
Originally written by Keith Ogorek on Indie Book Writers 1.) HOLD YOUR BOOK LAUNCH EVENT. Congratulations! You are a published author. Time to celebrate. If fact, this is one of the most important things to do once your book is live. It is a great way to recognize your hard work and share the joy […]
Book Review: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Reblogged from Blogaria: “An Abundance of Katherines” is one of the few books in English language that I had finished reading for the shortest time, for about a month, I guess. I have this reading-the-first-page-of-a-book-then-goes-to-sleep syndrome that’s why to finish reading a book is some sort of a big deal for me. I got the […]
Ah. So THAT'S what revision means.
Reblogged from A Desk In A Most Convergent Corner: The Writing Blog of B.C. Laybolt: Well, revision of the first draft of To Drown in Sand is properly underway. While my theme editor, the amazing Chad Horton, performs his surgery, I’m working through each scene with surprise and a sense of wonder. After following Mr. […]
How to Write Well: A Writer (and Reader's) Grammar Pet Peeves
Reblogged from Creative Writing with the Crimson League: I have always thought that writing killer fiction takes two things. You need an intriguing story and good characters. You need to be able to tell that story in a intriguing and understandable way. I don’t write much about grammar here, but grammar is important because it’s […]
