About This Writing Stuff...

This week,  David Pogue of the NY Times examines Tor's experiment with eBook piracy.  David Gaughran and Jami Gold address scam publishing services such as Author Solutions.  On the craft of writing, Writers Digest offers "how-to's" for adding suspense and tension in your novel while James Scott Bell uses a 50's noir novel to provide examples for making your story a page-turner.  Kristen Lamb discusses showing your characters' true colors and August Wainwright passes along tips from Ernest Hemingway.

And as we approach the release of ReDeus: Beyond Borders, series co-creator and editor Bob Greenberger and cover artist Lorraine Scheleter chat up their contributions.


The E-Book Piracy Debate, Revisited by David Pogue

5 Ways to Make Your Novel More Suspenseful by Hallie Ephron

How to Create Tension Through Misdirection by William Noble

Lorraine Schleter Envisions Beyond Borders via Bob Greenberger/Crazy 8 Press

Bob Greenberger Walks with the Gods Beyond Borders by Bob Greenberger

The Author Exploitation Business by David Gaughran

Is This the New Breed of Vanity Publishers? by Jami Gold

Social Media for Writers: A Kool-Aid Drinking Cult? by Jody Hedlund

Quitting the Day Job by Keri English

Would You Rather? An Exercise for Creating Max Conflict in Fiction by Kristen Lamb

How to Write Better Prose According to Ernest Hemingway by August Wainwright

11 Ways to Make a Novel a Page Turner by James Scott Bell