My friend Nick Kaufmann just did a blog post (or LiveJournal post, which is like a blog wannabe, right?) about some shady shit happening in the publishing world. Here’s some of the post: I was recently contacted by the former book review editor of the Rocky Mountain News about working for the new review website she started, where [...]
I have to be honest: I’m getting a little sick of social networking. I could handle Twitter and Facebook just fine (well, I mostly ignore Facebook), but now Google+? As I probably mentioned before, social networking can be a double-edged sword for writers. Sure, you can connect with other writers and readers, but it’s a [...]
Remember back in February when I talked about getting a rather spam-ish email from the owner of Diesel eBooks? Well, he emailed me again tonight: Robert, I’m Scott Redford, owner of Diesel eBooks. You have a nice website and we hope you will use it to announce where your ebooks can be found. Please take a moment [...]
Remember awhile back I talked about community? Well, here’s an example where a community comes in handy and where you, if you are one of that community, are much needed. You see, Dorchester decided to go all digital for the most part many months ago, which caused a great disturbance in the force. Some made [...]
Here’s an interesting response to yesterday’s post: Am I wrong in calling some of these hints “parasites”? I kind of resent the pieces that couldn’t exist without someone else’s work. Without the Gorgon myth, “Before Perseus” is meaningless, but okay, a myth has no author. The worst is the Mamatas piece which creates nothing on [...]
Dear Narrativos, One and All, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, Narrative is a groundbreaking effort on behalf of literature. You are part of a rapidly growing readership of 100,000 that is helping to shape the future of stories. You’re here because you believe in the value of good writing and reading. And thanks to readers, [...]
Yesterday another YouTube video became sort of viral in publishing circles and I’m sure you’ve probably already seen it but I present it here just in case: I even posted it on Facebook with the caption “Spoiled Brat!” I was (in case it wasn’t obvious) being facetious. After all, the kid is just a kid, [...]
