Blogging itself is a good example of this point; I find myself accumulating ideas and forgetting them, then in a burst composing several and interacting with others’ in a short period of time before going quiet for months. This intensity of effort comes at the expense of so much else. Far better to find a […]
Blogging itself is a good example of this point; I find myself accumulating ideas and forgetting them, then in a burst composing several and interacting with others’ in a short period of time before going quiet for months. This intensity of effort comes at the expense of so much else. Far better to find a […]
I left BellSouth eighteen months ago, and after six months playing games and thinking about my future, decided it was time to work again. I had had decided to give consulting a go and built a website for my company, finanSight, a clever corruption (I thought) of ‘finance’ and ‘insight’ that characterized what I wanted […]
I have just experienced the most wonderful affair at the Backspace Writer’s Conference in New York. It was small enough to be intimate, but large enough to have a meaningful number of agents and substantial program. I was particularly impressed with the two keynote speakers, thriller writer David Morrell and the nearest thing the […]
The prolific Leo Stableford intrigued me with a recent post in which he quoted GOB . The topic: whether to publish a book atall. GOB concludes, based on years of experience, that to pursue writing with a view to making money (or fame) publishing is a fools errand.
I agree, but do not think that is […]
I came across the name Susan Kelly, looked her up, and found what looks like her abandoned blog. On 3/17/05 Ms. Kelly listed her five favorite reasons for rejection. Her second was: “Susan Kelly is not sufficiently well-known for us to market this book successfully.”
This dovetails with advice I’m receiving from a wonderful person who […]
I came across a post on Miss Snark that resolved a nagging question about something I haven’t done. She was asked, “Do I need to hire an editor?” and in her ever-entertaining voice, replied,
“You don’t need to hire an editor.
I’m pretty sure (I haven’t asked) that none of my novelists hired an editor. They worked […]
I was once again reading GOB’s most excellent blog and was fascinated by a debate he links to about the viability of independent publishers (Clark.)It makes fascinating reading, but there was one place in the thread (1/7/2007 2:51:59 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) where a little bell went off. The multilayered selling process is […]
My friend Mr. Bob J. in Nashville was one of the first people to pester me with his blog postings, and after while I came to look forward to his intermittent rambling and philosophizing. An articulate and provocative soul, he brings spice to the Zen view of life.He is one of the forces that started […]
I am inspired by a post I read at Grumpy Old Bookman, and am grateful to Leo Stableford for pointing me to it. GOB develops an intriguing and quite compelling argument that an author’s first good book will be the author’s n’th book and that the publishing world today isn’t patient enough to stick […]
