About This Writing Stuff...

This week, Michael Jan Friedman finds himself inspired by Ray Bradbury while Darla McDavid shows us how to be Writers of Steel!  Legendary speculative fiction writer Harlan Ellison discusses his 50-year career and his personal beliefs about working for free, sentiments which are echoed by Phil Hensher.  Janice Hardy offers valuable pointers on POV while Jodie Renner talks proper phrasing.  David Vinjamuri and James Scott Bell examine the state of self-publishing.  Kristine Kathryn Rusch opines on when (and when not) to use pen names.  All that and a bit more. Enjoy!

Q&A: Harlan Ellison by Damien Walter

Mike Friedman Finds Inspiration in Ray Bradbury's Words by Michael Jan Friedman

Super Writer: 5 Man of Steel Powers to Claim Your Writing Life by Darla McDavid

4 Tips to Solve 99% of Your Writing Problems by Janice Hardy via Jami Gold

Is Publishing Still Broken?  The Surprising Year in Books and Is Self-Publishing Creating a New Underclass? by David Vinjamuri

What is Literary Value? by Henry Baum

Phrasing for Immediacy and Power by Jodie Renner

The State of Self-Publishing at This Moment in Time by James Scott Bell


Philip Hensher Stirs Debate Among After Refusing to Write for Free by Liz Bury

Neil Gaiman Novel Banned by New Mexico School After Mother Objects by David Barnett




"You'd think it gets easier to write a book after the first two or three have been published, wouldn't you?  Well, it doesn't.  Ask any writer - each book throws up a whole new set of problems and headaches and makes you feel as if you've never written anything remotely sensible or insightful in your life."  --Meg Rosoff, author of How I Live Now