Just a quick reminder that I’ll be at Fergie’s Pub tomorrow at 2:00 pm for the Stripped Launch Party. And just to be 100% clear — I am not actually stripping at this event. Though, if I have too many shots, who knows what might happen, so be sure to bring some extra singles just [...]
So tonight I watched the first two episodes of Alcatraz, and so far it’s okay, I guess. Will probably give it a few more episodes before I make my final decision on whether to stop watching completely. I will say it’s a tad more entertaining than the pilot of Touch, which was okay in and [...]
The Guardian published a worthwhile article today on what they’re calling the “self-epublishing bubble.” Here’s an excerpt: All of this ebook talk is becoming a business in itself. Money is being made out of thin air in this strange new speculative meta-practice: there are seminars, conferences and courses springing up everywhere, even at the Society [...]
If you’re an author and you’re active on Goodreads, be aware of this: At Goodreads, we make it a priority to use book information from the most reliable and open data sources, because it helps us build the best experience for our members. To that end, we’re making a major change. On January 30, Goodreads [...]
So just about a half hour ago I’m browsing through the top 100 horror Kindle titles on Amazon, as I am wont to do (I don’t check the New York Times bestseller lists anymore, but the Kindle top 100 lists), and I noticed this title was currently free: It stuck out to me immediately, because [...]
From Publishers Weekly: Red Wheel/Weiser Conari Press, in collaboration with Hampton Roads and Hierophant Publishing, are entering the self-publishing market for spiritual and self-help authors. The companies have formed Turning Stone Press which will be under the director of Red Wheel /Weiser Conari publisher Jan Johnson. The press will offer editorial and production services including [...]
There was a period of about eight months or so where I thought I was being clever. I thought I was writing this innovative sort of poetry that I wasn’t seeing nearly enough of. It read quickly and almost like really short fiction. At that time, flash fiction, to me, was anything less than 500 [...]
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I’ve been seeing that phrase in a lot of self-published e-book product descriptions lately. Newly Edited And Revised. Oftentimes there will even be an exclamation point after the phrase, as if it’s something to celebrate. Sometimes there’s even an addition of Now Proofread! or something along those lines. When I talk about self-publishing, I always start with the same adage: [...]
Today over at Maclean’s there’s a piece called ”The Incredible Shrinking Short Story” which mentions — can you guess? — hint fiction. Here’s the first part: At some point, if you work them right, words eventually become stories. Fragments and sentences turn into paragraphs, and paragraphs, if you’re lucky, become something whole. But the exact moment that change [...]
