Joe in the mornings…

I’m not just talking about my two mugs of rich, Colombian coffee, but those are certainly necessary for my writing. I’m also talking about Joe Konrath’s blog. Long the top link in my useful links for writers and readers (see my “Join the Conversation” webpage)—it’s called “A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing”—it features old Joe and frequent contributor Barry Eisler, often knocking the Big Five for hanging around in their traditional paradigm and attacking those Big Five authors like Patterson who...