I’ve been a bit absent from blogland this week because I have a deadline this Sunday. I have to edit a 400-page book in 10 days on top of my regular routine of taking care of two kids and doing 5000 loads of laundry every week. Because I haven’t done much copyediting this past year, […]
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I’m posting fewer links this week because I’m on a deadline, but they’re good ones. Check them out! Jacquelyn Wheeler has a great post on turning dreams into goals. See JA Konrath’s post about luck and the role it plays in your success. This guy is writing a novel in six-sentence chapters. Check it out! […] Wow. This week I’m actually going to post my favorite links on Friday like all the cool people do! Editor Alan Rinzler over at The Book Deal has a detailed post on memoir with seven tips for combating your inner critic. Jacquelyn Wheeler breaks down the pros and cons of self-publishing vs traditional publishing. Shelli […] If you’re a writer, you’ve probably read, or at least heard of, Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Wayin which she advocates writing “morning pages”—three pages of scribbling whatever is on your mind, by hand, in order to clear your mind of the clutter that’s blocking all your brilliant creative thoughts. Those morning pages may begin, “I’m […] Reading these three royalty statements by published authors is so depressing it makes me want to pursue a different career. Okay, maybe not quite that depressing, but man! When people say they got a $4000 advance, or that they got a $15,000 advance but have only earned half of that after a year of book […] I wanted to take a minute to talk about balance. After reading the Huffington Post article about how most women are sleep deprived, it occurred to me that I’m not the only one working myself to the bone. Most women, especially if they have kids, are trying to “do it all”—be great wives, mothers, daughters, […] You’ve written your book, you’ve revised it, you’ve had it edited, you’ve queried agents and while waiting for responses you decide to research who’s who in the publishing industry. Soon, of course, you realize that all the big publishing houses are owned by international media conglomerates, which may explain why they’re more interested in the […] |
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