About This Writing Stuff...

This week, great attention is being paid to James Patterson as a result of his ad in the NYT and Publisher's Weekly expressing his concern over the future of books. Jami Gold delves into better storytelling while Veronica Sicoe explains alternate character arcs.  From Writer Unboxed, we get advice about writing short fiction, beginnings and endings, anxiety, and self-publishing.  Speaking of self-publishing, Ted Heller relates his negative experience with the process while Joel Friedlander offers four strategies for savvy self-pubbers.  Jody Hedlund wonders if free eBooks draw new readers and advises writers against hurrying toward publication.

Three more of my fellow ReDeus authors chat up their stories for the upcoming second volume in the anthology series, Beyond Borders !

The Future is No Fun: Self-Publishing is the Worst by Ted Heller

Authors Sue Author Solutions via Indie Reader

James Patterson: Prototypical Indie Author by Linda Messina

Konrath on Patterson by Joe Konrath

Three Tips for Better Storytelling and Why is Storytelling Ability So Important? by Jami Gold

Do Free eBooks Really Hook New Readers? and Why Writers Shouldn't Rush into Publication by Jody Hedlund

The Three Types of Character Arc: Change, Growth and Fall by Veronica Sicoe

What Novelists Should Know About Short Fiction by Suzannah Windsor Freeman

Beginning and Ending by Donald Maass

The New Era of Self-Publishing by Allison Winn Scotch

Let's Talk About Anxiety and the Creative Process by Dan Blank

The 4 Best Strategies for Savvy Self-Publishers by Joel Friedlander

Kelly Meding Dives Beyond Borders while Jenna Silverstein Faces History Beyond Borders and Steven Lyons Sees Spirits Beyond Borders !