So I’ve had two really good posts all week but I’ve been so busy at work. In my off hours, I’ve been spending time at Book Country. It’s a place for authors, aspiring and successful, to gather and share and critique. It reminds me of Authonomy without the used-car mentality or critique.org with less strict…
Has there ever been a series that you read and thought was okay, but you just didn’t get why people are so fanatical about it? I’m that way with the Hunger Games trilogy. I see posts and you tube clips all over the net and everyone’s so excited. I certainly don’t want to spoil their…
Today’s post is written on my phone while I take the late train into work. Will be busy as soon as I sit down, so it’s now or never. Someone commented on a blog I read how the blogger must feel so proud for buying books as gifts. A coworker of mine only reads classics…
Sara Megibow posted recently that she “did her part to help Borders” by buying a book there. And all I can think is, you either screwed the publisher or screwed the author by buying there. If Borders doesn’t pay for the books it’s selling, someone has to take the loss. Either the publisher will take…
Empire Strikes Back is my least favorite of the Star Wars trilogy1. This is heresy among accepted Star Wars fandom, but it is the way it is. You can rattle off the various elements of the movie that make it better than the others, a richer universe, more defined characters, a darker/grittier edge to it,…
The subject line says it all. No one likes a dumb protagonist. We accept flawed characters and we accept that situations can be shrouded in mystery or so layered that a character cannot comprehend it on spec. They need time to peel back the layers or let the whole thing soak in before it finally…
I want to query known predator agents so they’ll request my work. They’ll tell me they charge a reading fee because they’re so busy. I’ll respond that I charge a writing fee because I’m so busy. I will gladly pay their reading fee if they pay my writing fee. Bitches.