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Welcome to my Blog Launch!
Reblogged from The Storm Project: Hello, Internet! Welcome to the launch of The Storm Project, which, if you haven't figured out already, is a blog. My blog, specifically. What happens at a blog...
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Publishers Behaving Badly, Part... I've Lost Count
Reblogged from David Gaughran: There seems to be a view in certain self-congratulatory circles that publishers have finally got to grips with the digital revolution, that they have weathered the...
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How Being Tired Can Make You a Better Writer
Reblogged from Kristen Lamb's Blog: One of the best writing teachers/mentors in the business is Author Candace Havens. This woman isn't an author, she's a force of nature, and any writer who wants to...
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Why Amazon's Purchase of Goodreads Is A Good Thing
Reblogged from David Gaughran: The doom-mongers have been running wild on Twitter with the news that Amazon is to acquire Goodreads. Much of that nonsense is typical (hysterical) Amazon bashing, or...
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Lazy Literary Agents In Self-Publishing Money Grab via Argo Navis
Reblogged from David Gaughran: I was at the London Book Fair last week - and I'll be blogging about that soon - when the news broke that David Mamet is to self-publish his next book. His reasons?...
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Has the EU gone completely mad???? Update : Video added.
Reblogged from Meeka's Mind: This video clip explains the importance of seeds, and seed diversity far better than I can. http://youtu.be/QJ28IC63hlI This is huge, and truly HORRIBLE. I've just learned...
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Do we need publishers?
Reblogged from Guild Of Dreams: By Scott Bury The Hobbit. Game of Thrones. The Twilight saga. Harry Potter. Snow White and the Huntsman. Oz, the Great and Powerful. Once Upon a Time. Hollywood...
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Dislike Facebook-based Contests
Have you been solicited yet? Perhaps you have and you didn’t realise what you paid for the right to vote for a friend or family member who entered a Facebook-based contest. You know, those ones where...
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The Author Exploitation Business
Reblogged from David Gaughran: Writing is a glamorous occupation - at least from the outside. Popular depictions of our profession tend to leave out all the other stuff that comes with the territory:...
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How To Avoid Publishing-Assisted Suicide
Reblogged from David Gaughran: I regularly take aim at "assisted self-publishing" because it often results in a shoddy product, a serious price-tag and/or a big chunk of the author's royalties going...
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Bryler Contest: Books Written by Kids Participants
Books for Kids by Kids was a contest hosted by Bryler Publications Inc. in 2011 and 2012. The winners in 2011 had their books published, but they have allegedly not been paid any royalties (according...
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Penguin Random House Merger Helps Author Solutions Exploit Writers
Reblogged from David Gaughran: Penguin and Random House officially merged on July 1 creating the largest trade publisher in the world. This merger has given fresh impetus to one of their subsidiaries...
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Quote #01
When the computer can’t make me happy I retreat to the pasture and rake manure.
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Let the Excitement Begin
Reblogged from Laura Best: A friend recently asked if I was excited. She was of course speaking about the upcoming release of my new book and I knew immediately what she was referring to. Not that I’m...
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Poem
Yesteryear was kind but now past Today is alive and constant Tomorrow is still as if waiting for me.
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Poem
Chocolate is great like a quiet day at the beach, a rowdy night at the tavern and a peaceful sleep in the sun.
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