I was noodling around the ‘net and discovered 50 Strategies for Making Yourself Work by Jerry Oltion. Not that it was hiding, it’s at SWFA.org. In particular, I like this one: If you’ve been sitting on an idea until you think you’re good enough to do it justice, do it now! You may be run [...]
Read the previous blog entry before this one. ‘Don’t think’ can’t be overemphasized. I tend to think too much. Like many geeks, I like thinking, and I’m probably a bit conceited about the whole thing. Trivia is fun! Puzzles are funner! Knowing more than the other guy is the best high in the world. But [...]
First I stumbled across SixFigureWriters.com. Freelance writers who are trying to earn a 6 figure income over the next year. They’re posting market listings nearly daily, and I began to see just how many nonfiction writing opportunities there are out there. And how well they pay! But I don’t know where you start with a [...]
That is one weird word when in the right font type and size. Inundation. Anyway, because there aren’t as many women being published as men in sf/f magazines, some people are trying to organize a flood day. On August 18th, a bunch of women are going to mail off submissions to F&SF magazine. Chicks must [...]
Actually, the title doesn’t mean research using Google, but research about Google. I’m reading this story that supposedly takes place in.. well, I guess a couple of weeks or perhaps months after September 1999. “The Revivalist” by Albert E. Cowdrey in F&SF March 2006. The main character, a Rip Van Winkle type born in the [...]
Um. Ew. They’re real people, dude! I have a bit of trouble thinking who would want to read and write this stuff, but I think that’s down to who I am. I’ve never been into idolizing people and following their careers and whatnot. For the longest time, the only actors I could name and recognize [...]
I find it extremely interesting that on the same site as Robin Hobb’s rant on fanfiction is her FAQ which says “Yes” in answer to “I’ve created artwork based on your characters or world. Can I display it on my website?” Why is fanart okay, but fanfiction is not? Is it because Hobb herself can’t [...]
I’ve been reading the interesting bits of a romance editor’s lj. She recently posted about various fanfic discussions that are going on. She linked to Robin Hobb’s Rant on Fanfic. I really like Robin Hobb’s stuff. Some of it is dense with way too many point of view characters, but the characters are interesting and [...]