About This Writing Stuff...

This week, questions, questions!   Jami Gold ponders whether omniscient POV will ever make a comeback and Jody Hedlund explores ways to avoid cookie-cutter writing.  Kristine Kathryn Rusch clears up misconceptions about the writer-editor relationship.  Digital Book World looks at how to make engaging book trailers while John Scalzi discusses writing for money...or not.   Nathan Scott observes how we read and Dan Blank wonders if writers should "just write" and disregard the connection to readers.  Traditional publishing takes its beatings but rages on according to James Scott Bell, and Joe Moore talks character motivation.

Friend and NYT bestseller Peter David released part two of Pulling Up Stakes --at about the same time he suffered a stroke. At the Farpoint con next month, where Peter has been a guest since day one, we will be selling copies of his books and asking any interested author guests to set aside a portion of their proceeds to help cover Peter's mounting medical bills. 

A Moment of Financial Clarification by John Scalzi

Making Book Trailers Jump Off the Screen by Mary Cummings

How We Read by Nathan Savin Scott

Will Omniscient POV Ever Be Popular Again? by Jami Gold

How Can We Avoid Cookie-Cutter Writing? and The Power of a Reader's Word of Mouth by Jody Hedlund

Editorial Revisions by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Death Wish Motivation by Joe Moore

Is Traditional Publishing the Raging Bull of Industry? by James Scott Bell

Should Writers "JUST" Write? by Dan Blank

Can Acting As If You're a Writer Make You a Writer? by Carleen Brice

Pulling Up Stakes Part Two by Peter David