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February 7, 2013
Are Self-Published Creative Writers Prostituting Themselves?
Many creative writers who pursue self-publishing, which demands a massive effort to self-promote, have what seems like a plaguing moral dilemma… Let me give you links to a few other posts here that bring up “issues” for the creative writer: In An Attention Deficit World, What Kind of Novel Do YouWrite? “Success” Is VastlyOver-Rated Do [...]
February 6, 2013
Where Did You Come From?
If you’ve visited this blog between 12:01 am, EST, USA on 25 February, 2012 and 12:01 am on 7 February 2013, then you’re represented in the graphic in this post… I periodically do this, hoping that my readers will share their feelings about the global distribution of the traffic passing through this Space—the table shows [...]
So, What Are Libraries Good For, Now That So Many People Use the Internet?
The first answer to that Title Question could well be, “Libraries are good for getting free Internet access.” It’s hard for some folks to remember that not everyone has easy access to the Internet… yet… The Pew Research Center recently released a new study, Library Services in the Digital Age. That colorful pie-chart shows the [...]
February 5, 2013
A Place Called LibraryThing ~ A Space To Have A Love Affair With Books
Shakespeare is to England as Mark Twain is to the USA as August Strindberg is to Sweden as Goethe is to Germany? Read a forum thread where folks talk about who they feel are the representative authors for various countries… I discovered that thread on a Site called LibraryThing that must have been around for [...]
February 3, 2013
Is Guy Kawasaki An “Expert” On Digital Publishing?
A couple weeks ago, I wrote a short Review of APE ~ Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur by Guy Kawasaki & ShawnWelch. In that review, I said: “…about 90% of what’s in the book is available with a bit of intelligent searching on Google. “I’d estimate about 70% is available through this blog—either what I’ve said or [...]
January 31, 2013
What You Want To See On This Blog . . .
I thought it was time to reveal detailed results from the on-going Poll for What You Want To See on this blog. If you haven’t yet registered your picks, just take this link and let me know what YOU want :-) What Do You Want Most? Answer Votes Percent Art of Writing 12 26% [...]
January 30, 2013
A Bouquet of Links for Readers, Writers, and Publishers . . .
Every so often, I clean out my collection of links to possible sources for blog posts—rescue sites from the damp cellar of my browser’s bookmarks. Two past occurrences of this were: Cleaning Out The Drawer ~ A Bouquet ofPosts A Bouquet of Articles for Writers &Publishers The first rescued link is to Copyscape, a place [...]
January 29, 2013
Inspiration for Writers ~ How Do YOU Find It?
To In-Spire—To Breathe Into… All but the most hackneyed writing needs inspiration. Where do writers find it? Some still attribute it to a “Muse”—”the (legendary) source of inspiration for a creative artist”. Some claim a few bottles of beer is just the ticket. Last July I published the post, What Are The Best Books forWriters?; [...]
January 28, 2013
Bad Advice for Writers
I’ve expressed my opinion on this topic many times—30 posts specifically on writing advice—many comments on the side… Back in July of 2012, I wrote the post, Rules for Writers Are Slippery and Shifty . .., which has a link to 72 quotes from writers about writing. I picked 14 of my favorites and included [...]
January 27, 2013
How Much Truth Should Be In Fiction Stories?
“What I say next may or may not be believed but, either way, this story is true—true as fact or true in the way fiction can rise to heights unattainable by mere facts.” That statement is from one of the characters in my most recent book—Notes from An Alien. It’s fiction but, to the best [...]
