The recipe for delicious content includes voice, judgment, expertise, and care. Here’s how to make sure you’ve got the right ingredients. When all of the smart people are saying essentially the same thing, it makes sense to listen. What are you hearing right now from the smartest people in your industry? Here’s what I’m hearing: I could keep going, but …
On Being a Beta Reader
Recently, a Twitter connection was complaining about how none of the people he asked to be beta readers had time to read his new novel. Since I love to read, and especially love to read free stuff, I offered. He enthusiastically accepted. And, I realized something: I love the idea that my comments might help make a book better. That …
Bad News for Everyone: A Guest Post by Charles Barouch
When my daughter, Lore, and I did our writing workshop at Otakon, we divided writers into four broad categories: Private, Protected, Public, Published. The categories are actually stolen from the Delphi programming template but they fit so well. Here are the quick definitions: Private writing is the sort you do in a journal or diary. It is not meant for anyone …
An Embarrassing Lesson About Leaving Negative Reviews
When I had the pleasure of interviewing Johnny B. Truant and Sean Platt, we talked about how it’s possible for authors and readers to develop Sometimes a direct connection can be painful. (image from Creative Commons on flickr.com) relationships and the immediacy of contact. Before the internet, most people “reviewed” books with friends or in book clubs. Your thoughts about …
Something Exciting for Me and Something Free for You
It’s no secret that I am really interested in self publication, and since I’m a writer, it’s no stretch to imagine it’s because I want to write and self publish a book someday. And that is the case. In fact, I’ve written a book. It’s not a cool, sexy book about my life or vampires or anything really interesting like …
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