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Writing Biz Knowlege Input Needed
Dear FList,
I need your collective advice in response to a post in a community I maintain that someone is being published by Author House and that they recommend going the self publishing route if the regular publishers were too elusive.
In good conscience I thought I'd point to writer_beware for starters. What would you say to the people possibly ( Read more... ) -
A Flister in Need
queenoftheskies has been hit with a whacking great car repair bill. The car is the only car in her family and they do not live close to work/school so the buses are significantly inconvenient and her car will be out of commission for a month until she can pay the bill in full.
If you would like to help get her and her family back on the road sooner, she has a ( Read more... ) -
Free Writing Software Limited Time Offer
I ran across a post on my reading list this morning about an offer for a free copy of a writing software program called Liquid Story Binder. It is a word processing program with a lot of features to help with organization and it's FREE for a limited time (about 15 hours from the time of this post ( Read more... ) -
A Different Kind of Sound
Here are three classically trained young cellists playing something a little unexpected. Not your mamma's classical or heavy metal music. ;-)
Apocalyptica
And the song Bittersweet. Lovely ( Read more... ) -
What to Look For When You Edit Your Own Work or Beta Read
Some things to look for when you edit your own work or beta read for someone else.
Source: cammykitty’s blog (reposted with her permission), (her sources are listed at the bottom) and some things were my own additions.
This is not the end all, be all list but a tool to help in the editing process.
( Editing Questions (very long) ) -
Cost Of Food and Your Food Budget
I was just having a discussion over in cooking about the cost of food and how much the cost of food has risen lately. This month I've had to make changes in my food buying habits, like not buying boneless skinless chicken breasts because the darned things were $10-12 a package for regular old chicken (not organic). They were $4-7 not so long ago.
Poll Food Buying PollDid ( Read more... ) -
Bento Box Lunches
For those of you who are interested in food and cooking or are anime/manga crack addicts, check out bentolunchIt's a comm dedicated to Japanese bento box lunches/meals and they have a lot of images and ideas for Japanese style foods, non-Japanese style foods, packing a lunch, meals for traveling, compact food and food that is just pretty to look at ( Read more... ) -
On Character Goals As Part of Plot
Can a character have one goal/want at the start of the story and then have that goal change as the story progresses? Would or could this be part of character growth? Or should the goal be fixed throughout the story?
ETA: I'd just started reading Plot and Structure by James Scott Bell and he was talking about character objectives and that the MC ( Read more... ) -
Villains: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Villains: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly ( Read more... ) -
What A Sad Loss
Gary Gygax, the co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, has died. (Thanks, prettyarbitrary, for the link ( Read more... )
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