Sometimes when you’re a bit of a visionary or an ordinary dreamer, and people look at you with a tolerant look that tells you they believe you’re doomed for failure, it’s nice to have someone do a little bit of cheering.
Tom Sims does it in poetic form.
I have to spend too much of December writing things that definitely aren’t eligible, but if you’re a writer, or aspire to be one, I recommend getting involved in something like the December Writing Marathon.
It’s on. Information here. Blogger Jason Evans offers cash prizes and everything!
Not according to this nice, short article on Scroll and Quill Consulting.
Cory Doctorow has a column in the Guardian, which I unsurprisingly found via his blog. Now I believe that copyright holders have the right to protect their property. They even have the right to be stupid, as many of them are when they go after marginal fair use issues. If it’s marginal on fair use,…
There is a great post at Study Hacks about how professional writers schedule their writing. I find all the suggestions quite useful. I would differ on the precise time of starting, because I have found that doing my morning devotional reading first always helps, and that takes a bit longer. I also have to dedicated…
At first I was thinking I shouldn’t get involved here, because the first article I read by Monica Valentinelli was title What is the Definition of a Legitimate Publisher?. Good topic, no? But elsewhere I’m a publisher, though not of fiction, struggling sometimes with that legitimacy issue as I try to grow. Nonetheless, the article…
