In addition to being a voracious reader and writer, I am an avid tennis player. I play on local leagues and have I met many excellent friends playing tennis. I played an excellent game of singles about a month ago. While I won that match, it cost me a lot more than I realized at … More Tennis Injury
All of these appear to be small press publishers, but I think they are definitely worth checking out. And all of them accept submissions without an agent. 15 Publishers of Mystery Novels That Accept Submissions Without an Agent
My Facebook went BANANAS this weekend. And with damn good reason. I am careful what I speak about online because I think we have a real problem with outrage culture right now, but this is something that NEEDS to be addressed. Not just for authors, but for artists in general. Elizabeth York is a name you … More Elizabeth York, the Asshat Thief, and Why Every Artist Should Want to SCREAM Right Now
You announced your deed in the dead of night. Crouching in the shadows. A body lay, still and cold at your feet. Thank you. You can have the wet cat food today.
In my 9-5, a portion of my job involves me interviewing people, to obtain certain set information. One of the best parts of this is that I often get more than I bargained for during these interviews. There was the 79 year old man I interviewed, who worked full time as a mortician and told … More Lisa’s Mother
Thinking about writing your novel way more than actually writing it? Also known as the sophomore slump, the 35k-45k word drag, the “you’ve lost that loving feeling” phase of any story crafting, this monster loves showing up during a long haul story. You still think your manuscript is good, but you don’t want to spend … More The Murky Story Bog
Lovely post from one of my favorite bloggers. Check out her page, she is quite funny. 🙂
Originally posted on Terry Ibele:
1. The Name You Can’t Pronounce No, this isn’t he who shall not be named. This is that name you have no friggen clue how to say. It’s got twelve hyphens and six apostrophise with no vowels and two Q’s at the end. It’s names like, M’Tsluiqrth-Neiea, Xaro Xhoan Daxos, Bene Tleilax, or…
Writing a book or story, while not as easy as the title would imply, is definitely the fun part. The work is in editing and rewriting, composing query letters/synopsis pages/ blurbs, researching agents and editors, investigating traditional versus self-publishing routes, marketing your work, finding beta readers…. that’s the real meat of the work of being any sort … More Writing is the Easy Part
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