Web Writer
Writing, editing and publishing help. This weblog links to useful resources on the Internet and on Weblogs to help writers.Archive for August, 2006
Self-Publishing with Lulu.com
Self-Publishing with Lulu.com – Associated Content
Self-publishing has helped many first-time authors break into the literary market and gain audience.
Read more at the link.
Paperback writer: drivebys
Drivebys
Driveby moments in a story — when two characters come together for a very short time — usually last no more than a manuscript page. These mini-scenes are where I see housekeeping dialogue used most often.
Kossack’s guide to book publishing
A Kossack’s guide to book publishing, part 1. From the Daily Kos.
From the post, which is a series: …..”how the publishing process works, why some books sell and others don’t, and how to go about finishing your book, finding an agent, and getting published. I’ll also touch on self-publishing and avoiding scams, as well as any other publishing-related questions people would like answered.
A bit of background: I’m the author of nine published books and a former NYC editor, who still does a fair amount of work for various publishing firms. “
See more at the link.
Successful blog: write as you talk
Write as you talk — or– how to write conversationally.
Link from Successful Blog.
Also from the same blog: – “ME “Liz” Strauss
If you think Liz can help with a problem you’re having with your writing, check out the Work with Liz!! page in the sidebar.”
Reading and writing
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Do you have to read a lot of fiction to be a good writer?
Buzz, Balls & Hype : Balls
I can’t say it any better than Ron Hogan does over at Galleycat. Basically iUniverse has come out with a self published (what else) book on how to get published which is in essence a book about the iUniverse model and the best part is they are actually charging authors for it. (more at the link at top of the post)
Evil Editor’s Gallimaufry
Explains how the Evil Editor’s blog/service works. Highly recommended.
Feeling creative, concise, and competitive?
Suitable For Mixed Company: Feeling creative, concise, and competitive?
Announcing a flash fiction* competition, deadline 19 August.
*= short, short story.
Merry Scribbler
“NARRATIVE DESIGN” BY Madison Smartt Bell
The Unconscious Black Box
Operating on hints from Michael Blowhard, I’ve been finding a new set of books that deal with creativity — expecially writing — in a slightly different way that is deeply satisfying because it is an approach I’ve been feeling my way towards all along. The example today is Madison Smartt Bell’s “Narrative Design.” (W.W. Norton, 1997) I even love the cover, which might be Bell himself, sitting at a desk writing with a fountain pen fed by an IV apparatus. Unclear whether it is ink or blood or, given the philosophy explored, both mingled.
