About This Writing Stuff...

This week, Lincoln Michel considers the debate of "genre" vs. "literary" no longer relevant. For a chuckle, check out some absolutely horrendous Kindle covers.

We get a double-shot of James Scott Bell discussing ten ways to write solid characters and how to craft a better second act. PJ Parrish explores the origin of brainstorming and cites George Lucas and Steven Speilberg as examples of how to do it well.

Veronica Sicoe offers invaluable tips on how to use Microsoft Word more effectively, and Dave King differentiates between creating tension using plot versus using characters.

All that, and a little more.  Enjoy!


The Last Holdouts of the Genre Wars: on Kazuo Ishiguro, Ursula K. LeGuin, and the Misuse of Labels by Lincoln Michel

Kindle Cover Disasters via KindleCoverDisasters Blog

Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Characters and How to Write Act II by James Scott Bell

Better Brainstorming...Even If You Write Alone by PJ Parrish

How To Clean Up Your Manuscript Formatting in MS Word by Veronica Sicoe

Bay Area Book Festival Defends Author Solutions Sponsorship by David Gaughran

Rakuten to Acquire Overdrive by Digital Book World

The Trouble with Indie Math by Dana Beth Weinberg

What Do Your Readers Know and When Do They Know It? by Dave King

Stephen King to Share Writing Tips in New Short Story Collection by Alison Flood