Neat article in the LA Times about the future of the publishing industry. It’s an interesting (and eye-opening) take on the role of traditional publishers and literary agents. Check it out. Book publishers see their role as gatekeepers shrink I’m starting to see more and more of this as mainstream multi-published authors separate from their […]
I know that I haven’t written anything lately in my how-to series on finding and choosing a literary agent. I don’t have much to add if you’ve followed most of the advice I’ve posted in prior iterations, but there’s a couple key things I didn’t note before. I can’t emphasize the importance of this advice, […]
Some writer I am, right? Not even remembering that this is National Novel Writing Month, i.e., thirty days and nights of literary abandon! Last year, if you can remember back that far, I made it to 30-something thousand words, but the good thing is that I actually got a completed novel out of that story, […]
I just finished reading my first ebook on my iPad and figured that it would be good to post about the experience, especially since in the e-reader department, I am a blushing neophyte. That said, I did prepare myself for the occasion by purchasing a particularly lovely embroidered organic hemp boho cover for my iPad, […]
I know…I know…it’s been a few days since my last post, and I am guilty of not blogging. Sorry! I do have a good excuse though – it’s my birthday week so I have fortunately not been sitting in front of my computer, because that would make me more of a geeky blogger chick than […]
Catching Fire is the second in Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series. I reviewed the first book, The Hunger Games, a few weeks ago. Needless to say, I was not disappointed by this book. The writing is as fast-paced and exciting as the first novel, and my heroine is the same in all her imperfect, defiant, […]