Writing
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Welcome, Beta Readers!
Thanks to everyone who has served as a beta reader, or to those of you who have signed up for more. As always, I hope the process will not be too painful. (Side note: at the first deposition I ever took, the first thing out of my mouth was a reassurance to the witness that… Continue reading
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The Mindset of Independent Publishing
Another great post from Kristine Kathryn Rusch, who writes: After thirty years of living like this, it’s really hard to understand that the first three weeks of an indie-published book mean nothing more than three weeks five years after the book’s initial publication. Every week is the same. I still struggle with that mindset. It’s… Continue reading
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Weird Twitter
I know people who write like this but who aren’t in on the joke. Continue reading
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Mr. Franzen’s Folly
How does someone so seemingly intelligent get things so wrong all the time? Here’s Franzen’s latest: “In my own little corner of the world, which is to say American fiction, Jeff Bezos of Amazon may not be the antichrist, but he surely looks like one of the four horsemen. Amazon wants a world in which books are… Continue reading
Jacke Wilson 