Jeffrey Penn May's Blog, page 10
November 30, 2013
Complete Your Book
Do you have a memoir, autobiography, or novel you cannot seem to finish? Or an idea that needs jump starting? Sometimes all it takes is someone who understands the writing process, someone who can guide you around pitfalls to successful … Continue reading →
Who Owns the Future?
Warning Note: I understand that I’m being cynical, but what’s the point of having your own website and blog if you cannot indulge yourself in occasional cynicism? And give yourself a chance to blame others. I blame Jaron Lanier. My … Continue reading →
November 21, 2013
Disturbing Lack of Link Through
I apologize to you Good Readers. It appears that clicking on my "continue reading" sometimes does not lead to my website and the actual blog. If this happens and you haven't clicked onto something else, please try www.askwritefish.com. Thanks.
November 19, 2013
Oh God Forbid, Read Me Now
Have you ever gone into a bookstore and wished you could read every single book? When I was much younger, I embraced that unrealistic and lofty goal. Read every single one of those bound gems. Now I face book after … Continue reading →
November 12, 2013
What A Writing Client Is Teaching Me
When I was younger, I wrote first for myself, then to show others, and eventually perhaps I might gain recognition. As I grew older and dealt with the vicissitudes of publishing, I cynically embraced the belief that being paid well … Continue reading →
November 8, 2013
Stop Stealing Our Writing Tools!
Why is there space between your paragraphs? You are stealing our space! Stop it! You are taking away our freedom. You are robbing us of a tool that shows time passing or that indicates dramatic pause. If you continue to … Continue reading →
October 5, 2013
The Far Side of Inappropriate
I remember someone telling me, or having read somewhere, that laughing at inappropriate things is a sign of cruelty, perhaps psychopathy. At the time, during my impressionable twenties, that made me think – did I laugh at “inappropriate” things? Am … Continue reading →
June 25, 2013
1974 Marketing
Marketing a novel in 1974? From the back cover – “It is a novel so original, so full of imagination and subtle pleasure, that to describe it further would only dilute the pure joy of reading. Turn to the first … Continue reading →
April 17, 2013
Social Network Query
Should writers send out queries? The answer used to be an obvious and resounding yes. How else would you be “published?” But after sending out 1.2 billion queries over my lifetime, I am beginning to question their present-day worth. Obviously, … Continue reading →
April 1, 2013
Goodreads Giveaway
Goodreads Book Giveaway Cynthia and the Blue Cat's Last Meow by Jeffrey Penn May Giveaway ends May 01, 2013. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win Share on Facebook
