About This Writing Stuff...

Striking up some controversy this week as we look at authors buying positive book reviews and Joe Konrath officially declaring his independence from traditional publishing.   David Gaughran checks out Amazon's Kindle store for India.  Dean Wesley Smith tells us how he became successful in self publishing while Kristine Kathryn Rusch refutes a claim that the end is nigh for the professional writer.

Jody Hedlund wants us to make mountains out of hills (for our characters, not us writers!). Jami Gold questions whether having our books in brick and mortar stores truly helps sales anymore.  We get excellent advice from contributors to Writer Unboxed, everything from living the writing life, to knowing our audience, to social media and platform.

Enjoy!


The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy by David Streitfeld via Howard Weinstein (thanks, Howie!!)

The Indian Kindle Store Isn't the Real Deal...Yet by David Gaughran

How I Did It by Dean Wesley Smith via Kirkus Reviews

Independence by Joe Konrath

Bookstores vs. Backlist: A New Decision by Jami Gold

Obstacles: 3 Ways to Turn Hills into Mountains by Jody Hedlund

The End of the Unprofessional Writer by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

The Practice of Writing by John Vorhaus

Do You Know Who Your Audience Is?  No, Really. Do You?   by Dan Blank

'Social' Media: Author Ignorance by Porter Anderson

Wherein I Use Ugly Words Like Platform and Audience by David Olimpio

Against Acknowledgments by Sam Sacks