News and Notices from the Writing Trenches #121…

May this Friday the 13th bring you good luck! (Sorry, PowerBall already has a winner.)

Goodreads polls. They can be a lot of fun. But I often start a discussion thread there that could be reduced to a simple poll because because I prefer to know the hows and whys from readers, not just a simple vote. I’ll be reading or writing and certain questions will start haunting me that only readers can answer. (Yeah, I know, I’m a reader, and I don’t have the answers, so maybe this isn’t too logical.)...