March 6th, 2007 — blogging, business, editing, marketing, writing
I found this Robert Silverberg quote in the Nebula Awards Showcase 2006. They called him “Master” not me, but it made for a punchy post title. Silverberg explains the need for caution in publishing:
Each new book usually stands alone, unsheltered by the other titles its publisher may have issued, and if it sells badly, its author will very quickly find himself in commercial trouble, because everybody knows everybody else’s figures. One conspicuous failure from a big house can doom a writer…
March 5th, 2007 — blogtipping
I wasn’t going to post until later today, but Liz Strauss called me an SOB on Saturday. She included my logo and everything. Just call me Sally Fields and tickle me pink.
March 2nd, 2007 — poetry, writing
It’s been a few days since I posted any poetry here. So here’s one I wrote awhile back, then found this week tucked in a book on quantum physics that I didn’t finish reading. (The Fabric of the Universe by Brian Greene. Amazing first half.) I was using an early draft as my book mark. I thought it was worth editing and sharing.
March 1st, 2007 — blogging, editing, grammar, sentence tips, sentences, writing
Fancy grammarians call them cumulative sentences. (Not to be confused with cumulus clouds.) The rest of us just call them loose. Like a pair of comfortable jeans. Like one of my daughter’s lower incisors. Like a lot of what Hemingway wrote.
And they are the easiest kinds of sentences to write. Anyone can do it. Here’s how.
March 1st, 2007 — CSFF, fantasy, writing
Short post. If you like Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy, you’ll be excited that Jeff Gerke has just opened up his Collaborative Fiction Project. Check it out!
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