Archive for May, 2009
WYMJ Weekender May 30-31, 2009
Tips/Techniques/Methods:
From Collective Inkwell: 10 Ways to Find Your Writing Style.
Lynn V has a solid take on the tools we use affecting our process and method. I started on typewriters as well, and still write longhand. I find it easier to get the first draft out and Lynn explains why.
Courtney Summers talks about editing her work. [...]
What We Are Up To
We are hard at work here. Doing what, you ask? Well, there’s a sneak preview (sorta) at the bottom of this post.
Let me say I’m really stretching myself. I’m doing things that are difficult and run smack into shyness and discomfort. I’m doing them because I think they will take me where I want to [...]
Scribd as the iTunes of Literature
Scribd is in the news again. First, there was an article in the Tennesean (May 19) discussing the model writers were using on Scribd as well as the fears of the publishing community. Scribd has adopted an iTunes model…buy only what you want. Readerville wonders if Scribd could oust Amazon. That depends on the authors, [...]
WYMJ Weekender, May 23-24, 2009
The reader is full of good stuff. For the next month, we’re going to ignore the brackets of a week so I can get this good stuff out.
Industry:
The resistance to the new paradigms continues, as noted by Brad and and Eat, Sleep, Publish. I’ve felt as Brad does…the business model was there for the movie [...]
Rewriting History
I got lost on a tangent while researching. I’m on the trail of old Gaelic histories and ran across a book titled The Keys to Avalon. It refreshed my memory regarding a certain Geoffrey of Monmouth…a man who changed history (and is known as the creator of the myth of Arthur and Merlin). How did [...]
