About This Writing Stuff...

This week, CJ Lyons (via Jane Friedman) discusses the value of KDP Select while Nichole Bernier makes a case for the paperback.  It's a numbers game as Neil Gaiman offers 8 simple rules to write by, Tom Pawlik (via Chuck Sambuchino) cooks up 9 ingredients for character development, Jami Gold has three tips for beta readers and Kristen Lamb describes the three phases to becoming a master author.  Gabriela Pereira thinks you should do more than kill your darlings.  From the land down under, David McDonald chats up his story for our volume two of our shared anthology, ReDeus: Beyond Borders.   All that and more...enjoy!


Amazon KDP Select: Is it Worthwhile for Authors? by CJ Lyons via Jane Friedman

The Point of the Paperback by Nichole Bernier

Neil Gaiman's 8 Rules of Writings by Maria Popova

The 9 Ingredients of Character Development by Tom Pawlik via Chuck Sambuchino

Book Experts Weigh-In on the Publishing Industry's Revolution by The Washington Post

David McDonald Goes Down Under and Beyond Borders by David McDonald via Crazy 8 Press

Indie Bookstore Sales of Kobo Ebooks Dwarf Google; Still Small by Jeremy Greenfield

Dealing with Bad Reviews by Joe Konrath

Three Tips for Being a Better Beta Reader by Jami Gold

Three Phases of Becoming a Master Author by Kristen Lamb

Killing Your Darlings is Not Enough by Gabriela Pereira

Five Things I Wish I'd Known Before Publishing a Book by Sarah Pekkanen