I am taking the week off again to focus on some items that need editing, readers. All is well on this side of the screen, just busy. Last week was spent with research and so editing slipped to the wayside. Until I return, please take a look at this piece from K.M. Weiland - particularly … Continue reading Reposted: Do You Have to Write Every Day? 10 Pros and Cons
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Reposted – Business Musings: The Final Brandon Sanderson Post
I have to take this week off again, readers. Until I return, please consider this article by Kristine Katheryn Rusch: Business Musings: The Final Brandon Sanderson Post Well, Brandon Sanderson’s Kickstarter is one for the record books. It became the highest grossing Kickstarter about a month before his Kickstarter closed. And then it continued to … Continue reading Reposted – Business Musings: The Final Brandon Sanderson Post
Reposted – Business Musings: Copyright Fun Part 2
I am on hiatus at the site this week, readers! Please take a look at this article by Kristine Katheryn Rusch in my absence. It's very informative: Business Musings: Copyright Fun Part 2 This post is probably just for me and Dean and other copyright geeks out there in the world. And it’s mostly U.S. … Continue reading Reposted – Business Musings: Copyright Fun Part 2
Reposted – Business Musings: Copyright Fun Part One
An important, informative read: Business Musings: Copyright Fun Part One When I wrote my year in review for 2021, all seven posts of it, I was going to write a single post on copyright, highlighting all the interesting things from the year. Copyright issues dominated the news in 2021…and I was taking the first half … Continue reading Reposted – Business Musings: Copyright Fun Part One
Reposted – Business Musings: Brandon’s Kickstarter
Something worth considering, readers: Business Musings: Brandon’s Kickstarter The conversation started about 10 hours after Brandon Sanderson’s Kickstarter went live. That’s when the press noticed that a writer made millions in the space of a few hours—without the help of any major publishing house. Brandon’s own fans are doing this. I’m writing this post about … Continue reading Reposted – Business Musings: Brandon’s Kickstarter
Reposted: Recipe for a 250-Word Story
Take a look at this helpful piece, readers: Recipe for a 250-Word Story The secret recipe for an enticing story is the same, no matter the word count. But if you can cook up a concise and coherent story in only 250 words, those skills will help you tackle bigger and more complex creations. You … Continue reading Reposted: Recipe for a 250-Word Story
Reposted – The Business Rusch: Perfection
A timely reminder, readers: At every craft workshop I teach, I make at least one writer cry. This week, I’m teaching a short story workshop for professional writers. These are workshop-hardened folk, people who have been eviscerated by the best of them, people who come to my workshops having heard that I make writers cry, … Continue reading Reposted – The Business Rusch: Perfection
Reposted: The taste for magic
A thoughtful and inspiring piece, readers. Check it out: Why do we hanker for magic? That is a question that the large-C Catholic fantasy writer must squarely face, and the small-c catholic reader ought at any rate to find interesting. The practice of magic as such, whether effective or not, is explicitly forbidden by scripture … Continue reading Reposted: The taste for magic
Reposted – On Writing: Moral Foundations
Here's a valuable point from author C. Chancy, readers: On Writing: Moral Foundations Writing is best when you write about something that matters to you. It could be current events; today’s politics have plenty of fodder for snark and soapboxing. It could be the history of the first importation of peaches to England from China. It … Continue reading Reposted – On Writing: Moral Foundations
Reposted: My Jedi Academy
A worthy piece from Mr. Winchester, readers! Check it out! My Jedi Academia So recently we got snowed in for a couple of days so I finally got to watch the first two seasons of My Hero Academia. It’s a great, solid show. I expected to like it and it went PLUS ULTRA on my … Continue reading Reposted: My Jedi Academy