About This Writing Stuff...

This week, we say good-bye to SF giant Frederik Pohl and veteran SF/F fantasy writer, Ann Crispin.   In the numbers, Rachelle Gardner lists 11 things that happy authors don't do while Huffington Post gives us 13 reasons to buy used books.   Journalist-turned-novelist Brad Parks reveals his fiction writing secret.

Kristen Lamb offers several tips to make us stronger while Jami Gold summarizes a few methods for starting your story.  Helen Hemphill reminds us of the old adage, "show, don't tell" while James Scott Bell warns us not to turn our characters into idiots just to bring an end to our tales.

And what does the Robert Galbraith/J.K. Rowling revelation say about the chances of newly published writers?

Enjoy!



RIP Frederik Pohl, the Man Who Transformed Science Fiction by Annalee Newitz of IO9

RIP Ann Crispin, Who Fought for Writers by Charlie Jane Anders of IO9

11 Things Happy Authors Don't Do by Rachelle Gardner

Long Odds for Authors Newly Published by James B. Stewart

My Filthy Secret by Brad Parks

How to Find the Start of Our Story by Jami Gold

Tips to Make Us Stronger Authors Part I and Part II by Kristen Lamb

Don't Let Your Characters Act Like Idiots by James Scott Bell

Writing Scenes & Showing by Helen Hemphill via Cynthia Leitich Smith

13 Reasons You Should Always Buy Used Books by The Huffington Post