Laura Millier, senior writer at Salon.com, writes about the changes going on in the publishing and self-publishing worlds and how this will effect readers.
The article is called: The democratization of slush: How do you find something good to read in the brave new self-published world.
Susan Gabriel, author of Seeking Sara Summers, interviewed by Anjuelle Floyd
Anjuelle Floyd interviews Susan Gabriel about her book, Seeking Sara Summers, and her writing process.
There is nothing “magical” about doing three to six months of revisions on your novel. It’s hard work. The first drafts of manuscripts, like the personalities of the chronically unaware, are raw, unrefined messes. To put first drafts out into the world is not only naïve but careless. They are almost always ineffective and even embarrassing when read a few years down the road. It is only in the subsequent drafts, where the true gold of a piece can be found.
Quotes about Writing and Creativity. Which one is your favorite?
“It’s none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way. – Ernest Hemingway
In the Uruba tribe of Africa, children are named not only at birth but throughout their lives by their characteristics and the events that befall them. What would your name be if you followed this tradition?
Laura Miller at Salon.com offers writers advice on how to write better fiction.
Toni Morrison said, when she started writing, “It was as though I had nothing left but my imagination. I wrote like someone with a dirty habit. Secretly. Compulsively. Slyly.”
Top 10 Quotes about Writing and Creativity. Including quotes by Willa Cather, Tom Clancy, Stephen King, Nora Ephron and more.
Should we encourage everyone to write, especially when the odds are long and the cost to a personal life is sometimes high?
