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October 18, 2017
Perhaps More Writers Should Aspire to Be Like Edgar Allan Poe…?
Edgar Allan Poe
As a preface to the main text of this post, I offer a statement fraught with truth (and, perhaps, fear, for some...):
“…most books, both traditionally published and self-published, don’t sell well. Whether your book is intended to inspire, inform or entertain, millions of other books and media forms are competing against you for your prospective reader’s ever-shrinking pie of attention.”
That quote is from Mark Coker, the Founder of Smashwords, “…the world’s largest distribu...
October 17, 2017
Procrastination Is Fear of… What?
Sure today’s re-blog is for Writers — and, Readers — and, Publishers — and, children — and adults — and, men — and, women —- right?
Do you procrastinate on projects?
Do you put off tasks that can be done quickly, but are tedious?
Do you avoid certain activities for as long as possible (making phone calls, for instance) because your heart rate increases at the thought of doing them?
I recently saw the phrase “procrastination is fear.” It resonates with me.
Why do...
October 16, 2017
Authorial Decisions ~ WebSite, Social Media, Blogging…?
I haven’t featured Jane Friedman (author, digital media strategist, editor, publisher, professor, speaker) for quite some time… [image error]
I’ll be sharing excerpts from two of her articles…
The first one leans toward author websites, the second toward social media…
Jane tends to conflate blogs with websites, which is perfectly understandable; yet, be aware, a blog can be considered “social media”…
And, I must emphasize that no matter how much help any of the excerpts may be, not reading her full articl...
October 15, 2017
Language, Literacy, Imagination, and Reading-Aloud
Do you have children?
Are you friends with a child?In today’s re-blog, an immensely experienced teacher says:
“Reading aloud is a strong part of my classroom curriculum, and children love it! The more you read aloud at home increases your child’s development!”I have the intuition that it helps the adult, too :-)
People often ask why I chapter read. After all, many of the children in my classroom are are three-years-old. When we chapter read, the children don’t h...
October 14, 2017
On publishing another book when there are already so many
Today’s re-blog is a reflection on my posts of Oct 9th – 11th — it’s also the reason I was able to write those posts…
Didn’t I say in January that I had a book I would write quickly? A book based on my travel diaries. A book that should have required a quick spit and polish, then out of the nest it would go.
But no, the months have passed, and if you followed my newsletter you’ll have seen the progress through rough edits, reconcepting, purge of darlings, second purge of darli...
October 13, 2017
Friday Story Bazaar ~ Tale Sixty-Five
When Will It Stop?
by
Alexander M Zoltai
Dedicated to
Nathanael William Kee
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Faurn was tired; but, he knew he had to finish his work…
Facts had stopped being facts; and Faurn had to try to make people wake up…
The trip back through the Belm system from Senju had brought many things to his mind…
Now, he must offload them all into his MemBot…
He wrote:
The Retributive Calamity
“We’re dealing with a calamity that seems designed to purge our race from the impurity of its age-long corrupt...
October 12, 2017
Slow-burn books, publishing misfits and separation anxiety – interview at Henry Hyde’s blog
Back to my regular schedule here…
Though, today’s re-blog carries on the “theme” of the last three days :-)
My friend Henry Hyde is kicking off a series on his blog called Writing Insights, and I’m honoured to be his first guinea pig. He asked me questions about my writing methods, publishing decisions and advice I would have given myself as a beginner, which led to discussions of separation anxiety, misfit books and novels that take their sweet long time to develop. Do come o...
October 11, 2017
Not Quite Lost – Travels Without A Sense of Direction
[image error] Monday, I published a “review” of Not Quite Lost – Travels Without A Sense of Direction by Roz Morris, that also had a video of Roz being interviewed by author, Joanna Penn—a fascinating conversation about this delightful “Travel Memoir”….
Yesterday, I followed all that with another conversation with Roz about Not Quite Lost—brilliant because Henry Hyde brings out aspects of the book that make it a must read for any serious writer ( not to demean it’s complete appropriateness for readers :-)...
October 10, 2017
Follow-up Video about Roz Morris’ #NewBook
Yesterday, I published the post, #BookReview of #RozMorris ’ #NewBook ~ a Wonderful ! #Travel #Memoir…
Today, I feel I must ditch the regular Re-Blog and share a video with Roz Morris and Henry Hyde… [image error]
Mr. Hyde is a writer, designer, and editor; and, Roz and he talk about her new book, which I review in that post up there from yesterday :-)
So, if you think you’d like to hear two authors talking about how books are written; and, listen to Henry detailing why folks should read Roz’s new book, I...
October 9, 2017
#BookReview of #RozMorris ’ #NewBook ~ a Wonderful ! #Travel #Memoir
The title of this post may not be “pretty”; but, it should have some hashtag “influence” on Twitter…
[image error] The reason for desiring the influence is Roz Morris‘ new book, Not Quite Lost – Travels Without A Sense of Direction. [image error]
I know I used the words “Book Review” in the title; but, I’m much more the reporter here; so…
Here’s Roz telling us about the Source of her new book:
“A notebook is essential travel gear, of course. I have a special one I use when I’m off home turf. It’s an old leatherbound...
