About This Writing Stuff...

This week, we learn why Lee Goldberg thinks that now is the best time to be a writer.  Jody Hedlund warns us about common first-chapter mistakes while Ann Aguirre offers tips on changing your process to become more productive.  Dean Wesley Smith looks back on the year in publishing. IndieReader praises the Espresso Book Machine while Arthur Klebanoff opines on the benefits of Amazon's Kindle Serials program.  P.J. Parrish brings us Ian Fleming's essay, How to Write a Thriller.

And more!  Enjoy...


The Best Time To Be a Writer by Lee Goldberg

New Survey Supports That Ebook Borrowers Buy, Too by Jeremy Greenfield

Five Common First-Chapter Mistakes by Jody Hedlund

Changing Your Process by Ann Aguirre

The New World of Publishing: Some Perspective on 2012 by Dean Wesley Smith

Will Kindle Serials Transform Anthology Publishing? by Arthur Klebanoff

The Espresso Book Machine: Double Shot of Innovation by Keri English

The Point of a Scene: Thinking in Concepts by Jami Gold

Do You Cringe When Authors Market Their Books? by Dan Blank

Are You Thrilling or Merely Mysterious?   by P.J. Parrish

7 Ways Writing a Screenplay is Different Than Writing a Novel by Michael Ferris