An EPIC interview with Robin Sullivan of Ridan Publishing
***UPDATED WITH WINNER*** Congratulations to VDGriesdoorn, I’ll let Robin know that you won and I’ll get them to send the signed copy of The Crown Conspiracy by Michael J Sullivan out to you as soon as possible. Thanks to everyone who commented. I’ll be doing a follow up interview with Robin in two weeks time. [...]
Why Going Without An Advance Might Be A Good Thing
It’s becoming more common to see authors being represented by e publishers and indie presses who aren’t getting advances. It’s by no means the norm, but it’s a growing movement. Initially a lot of my writing buddies reacted with the kind of horror normally reserved for finding a decomposing corpse at the foot of [...]
An Outsider’s Look At Publishing, As Of June 2011
While I would love to say I’m an insider, I’m very much on the outside of publishing looking in. If it was colder my nose would be frozen to the window. There’s a lot going on in publishing right now, but that statement has been true for at least the last ten years. E-books [...]
Book Review: When The Hero Comes Home edited by Gabrielle Harbowy and Ed Greenwood
When The Hero Comes Home edited by Gabrielle Harbowy and Ed Greenwood, was a real surprise. I expected it to be good, but I wasn’t expecting it to be as moving as it was. This is a perfect example of how an anthology of stories should work, individual tales tied together by a cohesive theme. [...]
Should Writers Self Publish Short Stories?
Should you self publish short stories? I wish I had a definitive answer for you, but sadly as always, the answer is maybe. Since I just put up my stories The Long Tour and Night Record on Kindle and Smashwords, it would be hypocritical of me to say no…but there are some traps and pitfalls [...]
Working Through Pain
How do you decide whether or not to keep writing when life throws you a curve ball? We recently had another couple of earthquakes here in Christchurch, and while they weren’t as bad as the February quake, it caused more damage, more anxiety and more heartache. I was drinking a coffee and thinking [...]
Irregular Penmonkey: An Interview With Chuck Wendig
Chuck Wendig is the proprietor or www.terribleminds.com, the writer of the excellent Irregular Creatures and also excellent Confessions Of A Freelance Penmonkey. His novel Double Dead is on its way in November. He’s also just welcomed a child into he world. Clearly Chuck is a busy man, but he took some time away from disposing [...]
The Earth Moved…again
So we’ve had two more big quakes, some more building damage and water and power are out. We are all OK here, I’ll send more updates when I can.
Book Review: Confessions Of A Freelance Penmonkey By Chuck Wendig
*UPDATED WITH WINNERS* Yes, I said winners. I chose one comment at random (actually my cat did. She knocked over the hat full of numbers and in the end there was only one left in it). I also picked one because it contained the bit of advice I wish I’d gotten. Actually I did get [...]
YA Saves.
I wasn’t going to stick my oar in on this, partly because I’m not a YA author (yet, next book maybe), but in the end I think I have to say something. Before going any further I’m going to say that I would never have said anything if it wasn’t for this article by Kiera [...]
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