Last week Kaye Munro did a post about writing and author productivity. I’ve been thinking about this, and I want everyone to put on their reader hats while they read this post about author releases. It used to be that authors would write one book a year and sometimes...
Barbara Vey at Publishers Weekly has a recent post about authors, actors and the like called Does It Matter If They're Nice? while Samhain editor Tera Kleinfelter has a post about professionalism. We all know how to behave in public or online, or we should. Writing is...
I have a selection of interesting posts and info today. The first is a link to Holt Uncensored that talks about ten mistakes writers make. This post makes for interesting reading and serves as a good reminder of the basics. For those of you who like gadgets, Paperback...
I've just finished reading a book by a fairly well-known author. The writing was solid. The characterization good. The dialogue made me chuckle in a few places, and then I reached the love scenes... Most of the love scenes took place on horseback. Now I've ridden a...
One of the most difficult things for a writer is the promotion side of the business. There's so many variables with promotion, and it's hard to gauge what works and what doesn't because royalties are often received months after the event. Sometimes it's hard for a...
This is a bit of a story, so grab a coffee and get comfortable. Mr. Munro went to pick up Scotty from the kennels on Sunday. The kennel assistant came out with Scotty and a basket that didn't belong to her. Hubby said, "That's not Scotty's basket." But evidently...
Author Kaye Manro had a good post at her blog last week about opening lines in novels. As authors we're told first lines are important, and we should work at making them perfect. While I go along with this advice and try to make my first line intriguing, it made me...
I saw this ad on TV the other day. It's from my favorite New Zealand store, Whitcoulls, and it made me laugh because this name problem has been me for the last three weeks. Today, I sat down and toughed it out, choosing names in much the way this couple did. In fact,...
I hope my Monday isn't indicative of the week to come because I didn't enjoy it. Nothing really bad happened, just lots of little things that on their own would have been okay, but together made me grumpy. I'm going to have a late night trying to get my word total...
